CrowdStrike, US law enforcement dismantle Russian Sality crypto-stealing botnet

TREE NEWS update: CrowdStrike, with federal law enforcement, dismantled the Russian Sality botnet, active since 2003 and recently used to steal crypto by swapping BTC and ETH addresses on infected machines’ clipboards. The operation cut over 15,000 infected devices from the network, with stolen funds totaling about 12.1 million rubles ($150,000), later appreciating to roughly $1.35 million.