Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a temporary restraining order forcing the Coreflood botnet to reroute requests from infected computers to a substitute server managed by a non-profit group. The move opens up more aggressive opportunities for defenders of botnets, say security experts. Security experts say the botnet takedown marks the start of more aggressive stance against botnets. Microsoft has released an update to its Malicious Software Removal Tool that cleans systems of the CoreFlood agent in more about data protection.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2128289/botnet-takedown-sets-legal–not-technical–precedent.html