https://ift.tt/2wwdHAe A Botnet Is Taken Down in an Operation by Microsoft, Not the Government Computers and the Internet, Computer Security, Cyberattacks and Hackers, Cyberwarfare and Defense Employees had tracked the group, believed to be based in Russia, as it hijacked nine million computers around the world to send spam emails meant to defraud unsuspecting victims. BY DAVID E. SANGER https://ift.tt/2W22ItC March 11, 2020 at 05:45AM