Hacker infects 18,000 "script kiddies" with fake malware builder (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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The CloudSEK researchers disrupted the botnet by utilizing hard-coded API tokens and a built-in kill switch to uninstall the malware from infected devices.

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[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

No the script kiddies got infected, thus rendering them hackless normies, and the problem is solved.

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