Google and FBI disrupt NetNut residential proxy network that compromised 2 million devices
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by Duncan Riley
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Google's Threat Intelligence Group, in coordination with the FBI and Lumen Technologies, disrupted NetNut, a major residential proxy network that had compromised over 2 million home devices worldwide to route internet traffic. The operation degraded the service's infrastructure, reducing the pool of devices available for unauthorized proxy use.
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· 3 pulledGoogle LLC has disrupted NetNut, one of the largest residential proxy networks in operation, degrading a service that had turned more than 2 million home devices worldwide into relays for other people's internet traffic.
The action was carried out in coordination with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Lumen Technologies Inc. and others.
Google's Threat Intelligence Group said the effort reduced the pool of devices
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