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02 Sep 2026, 7:54 AM	The Register	3.5	Cops, CrowdStrike disrupt Sality botnet by poisoning the network and diverting into sinkholes International law enforcement, CrowdStrike, and Shadowserver disrupted Sality, a 23-year-old peer-to-peer botnet infecting 15,000+ machines, by poisoning each bot's peer list and inserting sinkhole entries. Sality's primary payload for the past eight years was EggJagger, a clipboard-monitoring tool that silently replaced copied cryptocurrency wallet addresses with attacker-controlled ones, stealing an estimated $150,000+. Why: The takedown technique is a notable case study in P2P botnet disruption via peer-list manipulation, but there is no direct action required for this audience. The EggJagger clipboard-replacement attack is a reminder that crypto payment users should verify pasted wallet addresses character-by-character, but this is routine hygiene, not a new threat. security botnet-takedown cryptocurrency law-enforcement

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02 Sep 2026, 7:54 AM

The Register

3.5

Cops, CrowdStrike disrupt Sality botnet by poisoning the network and diverting into sinkholes

International law enforcement, CrowdStrike, and Shadowserver disrupted Sality, a 23-year-old peer-to-peer botnet infecting 15,000+ machines, by poisoning each bot's peer list and inserting sinkhole entries. Sality's primary payload for the past eight years was EggJagger, a clipboard-monitoring tool that silently replaced copied cryptocurrency wallet addresses with attacker-controlled ones, stealing an estimated $150,000+.

Why: The takedown technique is a notable case study in P2P botnet disruption via peer-list manipulation, but there is no direct action required for this audience. The EggJagger clipboard-replacement attack is a reminder that crypto payment users should verify pasted wallet addresses character-by-character, but this is routine hygiene, not a new threat.