TLDR Tech / InfoSec
Canada's Spy Agency Used First-of-Its-Kind Warrant to Clean Botnet-Infected Devices
Canada's intelligence service used a court-approved threat-reduction warrant to access compromised Canadian servers, SOHO routers, and IoT devices, and to remove data tied to two foreign-controlled botnets. The operation removed infected gear from the relay networks without collecting user identities. The ruling highlights ongoing abuse of unpatched, end‑of‑life routers and IoT devices, leaving owners responsible for securing or replacing vulnerable hardware.
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