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Australia severs criminal access to 180,000 computers after breaching Amadey malware backend
Criminals using the Amadey malware lost control of about 180,000 infected computers after operators from the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) gained access to the operation’s backend and severed the connection...
DII-2026-003602 sources ↓
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DataBreaches.net
Australia severs criminal access to 180,000 computers after breaching Amadey malware backend
29 October 2026