Inside the investigation into a giant Chinese botnet
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside the investigation into a giant Chinese botnet

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Inside the investigation into a giant Chinese botnet AILSA CHANG, HOST: The Justice Department says it has stopped Chinese hackers from weaponizing a massive army of infected devices to launch cyberattacks. NPR's Jenna McLaughlin spoke to one of the private-sector researchers who helped discover and dismantle the Chinese network. If you're hearing this and getting worried, these hackers aren't interested in the average American's internet browsing habits, but it's still a problem. MCLAUGHLIN: There are things vendors and internet service providers could do to help tackle the problem, Horka says, like automatically updating vulnerable software or no longer supporting outdated, unfixable devices, for example.

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