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Dangerous global botnet fueling residential proxies is being hit in major crackdown

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Summary
Nutrition label

63% Informative

The Ngioweb botnet, first spotted in mid-2023 , operated more than 35,000 bots (compromised endpoints) every day .

The bots were located in 180 countries and were used, first and foremost, to power the NSOCKS proxy service.

At press time, the proxy service and botnet are being heavily disrupted by Lumen and its partners.

VR Score

43

Informative language

30

Neutral language

32

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

64

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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