[Stanley]

Authorities Disrupt SocksEscort Proxy Botnet Exploiting 369,000 IPs Across 163 Count

A court-authorized international law enforcement operation has dismantled a criminal proxy service named SocksEscort that enslaved thousands of residential routers worldwide into a botnet for committing large-scale fraud.
"SocksEscort infected home and small business internet routers with malware," the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said. "The malware allowed SocksEscort to direct internet

https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/author...proxy.html

[shakur123]

Shows how fragile home and small business networks still are—millions of devices hijacked for fraud, and authorities are always reacting after the damage is done.