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The malware gave Makinin control over the devices, which he used as proxies for internet traffic.

He then sold this traffic as a service to whoever was looking to stay anonymous online.

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The Recordreported that by 2020, the botnet was counting more than 13,500 devices.

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Lately, the FBI has been hard at work, taking down malicious botnets.

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