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Was it the police?

The identity of the people behind this operation remains a mystery.

DDOS Attack code concept art

The infamous Qakbot botnet was taken down by the FBI earlier this year in the same manner.

Some 700,000 devices were freed from the clutches of the botnet almost instantly.

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