In brief
- Europol and partners announced the disruption of the “SocksEscort” malicious proxy service and the freezing of $3.5 million in cryptocurrency linked to the operation.
- The network allegedly compromised more than 369,000 routers and IoT devices and offered customers more than 35,000 proxies.
- The U.S. DOJ said the service enabled fraud including bank and crypto account takeovers, citing a New York victim allegedly defrauded of $1 million in crypto.
European and U.S. authorities have announced the dismantling of a major malicious proxy operation tied to malware-infected home and small-business routers, freezing $3.5 million in cryptocurrency and seizing infrastructure used to support fraud.
Europol said the March 11…
