Feds just took down 4 botnets, including the Aisuru and Kimwolf botnets that carried out record-breaking DDOS attacks peaking at 30+ terabits per second, nearly three times the previous record. DOJ says the botnets had hijacked more than three million devices. www.wired.com/story/us-tak...
US Takes Down Botnets Used in Record-Breaking Cyberattacks
The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets had used clever techniques to worm into home networks, infecting more than 3 million devices in total, according to the US Justice Department.
www.wired.com
March 20, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Feds just took down 4 botnets, including the Aisuru and Kimwolf botnets that carried out record-breaking DDOS attacks peaking at 30+ terabits per second, nearly three times the previous record. DOJ says the botnets had hijacked more than three million devices. www.wired.com/story/us-tak...
US funded anti-government far right propaganda networks & botnets have increased activity targeting Mexico, flooding social media with disinformation that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and her government are operating alongside the cartels. This is a US destabilization op.
August 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
US funded anti-government far right propaganda networks & botnets have increased activity targeting Mexico, flooding social media with disinformation that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and her government are operating alongside the cartels. This is a US destabilization op.
But there’s a curious system of algorithms, botnets and paid publicity that will scream at you the opposite!
February 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
But there’s a curious system of algorithms, botnets and paid publicity that will scream at you the opposite!
using my platform* for good**
* many people and botnets have been tricked into following me
** sending the dumbest replies to sports journalists
* many people and botnets have been tricked into following me
** sending the dumbest replies to sports journalists
April 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
using my platform* for good**
* many people and botnets have been tricked into following me
** sending the dumbest replies to sports journalists
* many people and botnets have been tricked into following me
** sending the dumbest replies to sports journalists
Facebook: either colossally bad at noticing ad botnets or financially invested in not noticing them.
Meta allowed a network of Facebook pages to run a coordinated disinformation campaign in Romania, according to research from @reset.tech and @checkfirst.network. Since August, ads placed by the pages received a staggering 199M views, in a country of just 19M. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Covert Facebook Network Found to Be Targeting Romanian Voters
Meta Platforms Inc. allowed a network of Facebook pages to post more than 4,100 political ads attacking Romania’s pro-EU presidential candidate Elena Lasconi and promoting far-right figures, including...
www.bloomberg.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:52 AM
Facebook: either colossally bad at noticing ad botnets or financially invested in not noticing them.
huge wave of accounts being stolen by gofundme botnets huh
May 1, 2026 at 8:56 PM
huge wave of accounts being stolen by gofundme botnets huh
If they set out to do a longform investigation to show how the entire right wing mediasphere is fake, propped up by a network of botnets, artificially favorable algorithms, and effectively limitless scumlord money, they are off to an awesome start
May 15, 2026 at 4:47 AM
If they set out to do a longform investigation to show how the entire right wing mediasphere is fake, propped up by a network of botnets, artificially favorable algorithms, and effectively limitless scumlord money, they are off to an awesome start
That's not counting the amount of US tax dollars used to hire trolls and botnets to promote Trump through out the day in an attempt to manufacture consent and distract from the Epstein case.
August 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
That's not counting the amount of US tax dollars used to hire trolls and botnets to promote Trump through out the day in an attempt to manufacture consent and distract from the Epstein case.
The numbers aren't even fucking real; you are intentionally being played by botnets that Twitter itself maintains for false engagement. This has been verified multiple times. It's a fake social media site run by nazis that you are giving your artwork, fandom and writing to support.
Cut the cord.
Cut the cord.
I am so serious numbers on your posts aren’t worth getting doxxed in what is now just mini 4chan.
The lack of a working block was always a safety issue, this is just the repercussions.
DELETE. TWITTER. 👏👏👏
The lack of a working block was always a safety issue, this is just the repercussions.
DELETE. TWITTER. 👏👏👏
December 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The numbers aren't even fucking real; you are intentionally being played by botnets that Twitter itself maintains for false engagement. This has been verified multiple times. It's a fake social media site run by nazis that you are giving your artwork, fandom and writing to support.
Cut the cord.
Cut the cord.
They hire botnets, like Trump.
September 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
They hire botnets, like Trump.
We shouldn’t underestimate the extent to which the resources of foreign adversaries (including money to influencers and the creation of online influencer accounts and their associated botnets) are contributing to the inflammatory rhetoric driving division within the US.
September 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We shouldn’t underestimate the extent to which the resources of foreign adversaries (including money to influencers and the creation of online influencer accounts and their associated botnets) are contributing to the inflammatory rhetoric driving division within the US.
He is only one of thousands of propagandist terrorists participating in the malicious influence industry and fueling the online MAGA presence, which is mostly foreign inauthentic botnets and commercial 'influence' firms operated and advised by former spooks.
August 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
He is only one of thousands of propagandist terrorists participating in the malicious influence industry and fueling the online MAGA presence, which is mostly foreign inauthentic botnets and commercial 'influence' firms operated and advised by former spooks.
We’re going to see a lot more AI-assisted botnets and hacking because botnets are software, and software is increasingly being built and operated with AI.
That doesn’t require a Skynet story. Hacking tools are just getting faster, cheaper and more capable.
That doesn’t require a Skynet story. Hacking tools are just getting faster, cheaper and more capable.
Opinion | A.I. Is a Threat, but Not in the Way You Think
The threats from A.I. are real — and they’re ones we know how to deal with.
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2026 at 11:15 PM
We’re going to see a lot more AI-assisted botnets and hacking because botnets are software, and software is increasingly being built and operated with AI.
That doesn’t require a Skynet story. Hacking tools are just getting faster, cheaper and more capable.
That doesn’t require a Skynet story. Hacking tools are just getting faster, cheaper and more capable.
FYI, the fascists have reactivated their “independent” journalist grifters and RFK Jr botnets to attack anyone standing up to the President Musk.
All of these guys are Alex Jones knock offs who pretend they are former leftists who just never seem to criticize Trump or Elon or concentration camps.
All of these guys are Alex Jones knock offs who pretend they are former leftists who just never seem to criticize Trump or Elon or concentration camps.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
FYI, the fascists have reactivated their “independent” journalist grifters and RFK Jr botnets to attack anyone standing up to the President Musk.
All of these guys are Alex Jones knock offs who pretend they are former leftists who just never seem to criticize Trump or Elon or concentration camps.
All of these guys are Alex Jones knock offs who pretend they are former leftists who just never seem to criticize Trump or Elon or concentration camps.
The propaganda networks accomplish their task, so I’m sure entire swaths of botnets are shutting down.
November 9, 2024 at 12:37 AM
The propaganda networks accomplish their task, so I’m sure entire swaths of botnets are shutting down.
I watched this happen in real time more than once. you just can't let people run donation harvesting botnets on a social media site, it will destroy it bsky.app/profile/safe...
In some cases, investigations revealed networks where single individuals operate hundreds of accounts engaging in bulk messaging, identical replies across unrelated conversations, and mass following — behaviors that disrupt the platform experience for all users regardless of the underlying cause.
May 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I watched this happen in real time more than once. you just can't let people run donation harvesting botnets on a social media site, it will destroy it bsky.app/profile/safe...
NEW: The US just took down four major botnets, two of which were involved in a record-breaking attack that clocked more than 30 TB/second of traffic against the target. @agreenberg.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/us-tak...
US Takes Down Botnets Used in Record-Breaking Cyberattacks
The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets had used clever techniques to worm into home networks, infecting more than 3 million devices in total, according to the US Justice Department.
www.wired.com
March 20, 2026 at 12:14 AM
NEW: The US just took down four major botnets, two of which were involved in a record-breaking attack that clocked more than 30 TB/second of traffic against the target. @agreenberg.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/us-tak...
Massive botnets, funded by all your favourite authoritarians.
September 16, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Massive botnets, funded by all your favourite authoritarians.
Good. Maybe this will slow the BOTNETS down for a while
January 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Good. Maybe this will slow the BOTNETS down for a while
Not wishing to sound snarky, botnets don’t really buy stuff
October 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Not wishing to sound snarky, botnets don’t really buy stuff
The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets had used clever techniques to worm into home networks, infecting more than 3 million devices in total, according to the US Justice Department. www.wired.com/story/us-tak...
US Takes Down Botnets Used in Record-Breaking Cyberattacks
The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets had used clever techniques to worm into home networks, infecting more than 3 million devices in total, according to the US Justice Department.
www.wired.com
March 20, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets had used clever techniques to worm into home networks, infecting more than 3 million devices in total, according to the US Justice Department. www.wired.com/story/us-tak...
Imagine--imagine!--building botnets to throw a goddamn "Which Is The Coolest Mineral?" contest.
We have no words to describe that level of pathetic.
We have no words to describe that level of pathetic.
The absolute vindictive glee I felt when spotting the botnet activating is indescribable.
I need to wait it out before correcting the #MinCup26 votes, but I got ‘em and will do as much live-cleaning as I can.
I need to wait it out before correcting the #MinCup26 votes, but I got ‘em and will do as much live-cleaning as I can.
September 26, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Imagine--imagine!--building botnets to throw a goddamn "Which Is The Coolest Mineral?" contest.
We have no words to describe that level of pathetic.
We have no words to describe that level of pathetic.
I've beginning to think a good chunk of the online support right wingers is legit sockpuppets and botnets cuz legit irl they are despised in nearly all fandoms.
September 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I've beginning to think a good chunk of the online support right wingers is legit sockpuppets and botnets cuz legit irl they are despised in nearly all fandoms.
Bluesky and YouTube are the primary social drivers of Onion subs, Insta a distant third. Twitter is basically useless as a vehicle for reaching real living people. We have 10x the “followers” there but it’s clear that audience left and was replaced by botnets years ago.
June 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Bluesky and YouTube are the primary social drivers of Onion subs, Insta a distant third. Twitter is basically useless as a vehicle for reaching real living people. We have 10x the “followers” there but it’s clear that audience left and was replaced by botnets years ago.