Sality Botnet Dismantled After Eight Years of Stealing Bitcoin and Ethereum
CrowdStrike and the DOJ isolated more than 15,000 infected machines in a malware takedown spanning four countries.
What happened
CrowdStrike and the DOJ isolated more than 15,000 infected machines in a malware takedown spanning four countries.
Why it matters
The proceeding may create legal precedent, financial exposure or operating constraints for Ethereum, Bitcoin.
Affected entities
Bitcoin · BTCNeutralEthereum · ETHNeutral
View evidence
1 reports · 1 original report · 1 independent
- DecryptPrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%Sality Botnet Dismantled After Eight Years of Stealing Bitcoin and Ethereum ↗
Claims
- Sality Botnet Dismantled After Eight Years of Stealing Bitcoin and Ethereum Observed
Conflicts
No material conflict detected in the available evidence.
Timeline
- First reported
Market move following event
BTC · 15 min+0.00%
ETH · 15 min-0.00%
ETH · 1 h-0.08%
BTC · 1 h+0.08%
BTC · 4 h+0.12%
ETH · 4 h-0.12%
BTC · 24 hUnavailable
ETH · 24 hUnavailable
Score explanation
Confidence · formula confidence-2.1.0
Source trust65
Independent corroboration51
Primary evidence35
Claim consistency82
Extraction confidence82
Attribution quality90
Impact · formula impact-2.1.0
Event magnitude76
Market relevance88
Entity significance98
Market breadth63
Novelty68
Urgency78
Ranking · formula rank-1.0.0
Confidence factor0.82
Freshness factor0.9997
Breaking bonus8