"US Justice Department Disrupts Russian Intelligence Network's Cyber Espionage Operation"

The Justice Department conducted a court-authorized operation to neutralize a botnet controlled by the Russian GRU, which was used for cyber espionage activities targeting U.S. and foreign governments, military, security, and corporate organizations. The operation disrupted the GRU's access to hundreds of compromised routers and provided guidance for affected individuals to remediate their devices. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland emphasized the Department's commitment to disrupting and dismantling malicious cyber tools used by the Russian government, while FBI Director Christopher Wray highlighted the FBI's efforts to prevent state-sponsored hackers from launching cyber-attacks.