International law enforcement has dismantled the SocksEscort residential proxy network, which was built by compromising thousands of home routers globally to facilitate large-scale fraud. The operation, led by the U.S. Department of Justice and Europol, resulted in the seizure of 34 domains and 23 servers across seven countries, alongside the freezing of approximately $3.5 million in linked cryptocurrency. This disruption highlights the ongoing threat of botnets leveraging compromised IoT devices for anonymized malicious traffic.
SocksEscort, a residential proxy network used to exploit thousands of compromised home routers worldwide and facilitate large-scale fraud that cost victims millions of dollars, has been disrupted in an international law enforcement operation led by the U.S. Department of Justice. The domain seizure notice Law enforcement agencies seized 34 domains and 23 servers located in seven countries during the operation, Europol said. U.S. authorities also froze about $3.5 million in cryptocurrency linked to the network. … More → The post Authorities dismantle SocksEscort proxy network behind millions in fraud appeared first on Help Net Security .