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Hajime Botnet Reaches 300,000 Hosts With No Malicious Functions

Hajime is billed as a vigilante-style internet clean-up operation but it might easily be abused as a resource for cyber-attacks. No malicious functions have been detected in the codebase, other than the ability to replicate itself and block other malware. Most of the targets have turned out to be Digital Video Recorders, followed by webcams and routers. Hajime avoids several networks, including those of General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, the US Postal Service, the United States Department of Defense, and a number of private networks.”]

Source: https://www.darknet.org.uk/2017/04/hajime-botnet-reaches-300000-hosts-no-malicious-functions/

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