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Proxy Network Crushed: 369,000 Hacked Routers Taken Offline in Crypto Fraud Bust

Authorities pulled the plug on the Socksescort proxy empire, freezing $3.5 million in crypto and exposing a global router botnet. U.S. and European authorities have dismantled Socksescort, a residential proxy network pow...

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Proxy Network Crushed: 369,000 Hacked Routers Taken Offline in Crypto Fraud Bust
Authorities pulled the plug on the Socksescort proxy empire, freezing $3.5 million in crypto and exposing a global router botnet. U.S. and European authorities have dismantled Socksescort, a residential proxy network powered by AVRecon malware that quietly hijacked more than 369,000 devices across 163 countries. Operating since 2020, the service sold access to infected home […]

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