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June 18, 2026 at 13:25 UTC
Police cleans nearly 15,000 SocGholish-infected sites tied to Evil Corp
By Sergiu Gatlan
AI Summary
International law enforcement dismantled the SocGholish botnet linked to Evil Corp, taking down 106 servers and remediating nearly 15,000 infected WordPress sites. SocGholish has been a persistent initial-access tool used by the Russian cybercrime group Evil Corp, making this takedown a significant disruption to a long-running threat infrastructure.
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