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#3 The Hacker News general September 02, 2026 at 06:56 UTC

Authorities Turn Sality's P2P Network Against Itself, Cutting Off New Malware Payloads

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

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On August 31, 2026, U.S., Bulgarian, Hungarian, and Romanian authorities — alongside CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation — dismantled the Sality botnet, a peer-to-peer malware network that had operated for 23 years. The operation turned Sality's own P2P infrastructure against itself through peer list manipulation and payload URL takedowns, cutting infected hosts off from operator commands. Sality's longevity stemmed from its decentralized architecture, which had previously resisted conventional takedown approaches.

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