⚡ Authorities turned Sality’s own P2P network against the botnet.
Peer-list manipulation redirected more than 15,000 infected machines to CrowdStrike sinkholes, blocking new payloads. Existing malware remains active and must be removed.
How the botnet was trapped: https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/authorities-turn-salitys-p2p-network.html

September 2, 2026 2.2K 5