The recent shutdown of the Mozi botnet is believed to have been carried out by its creators, possibly forced by Chinese authorities. The takedown was discovered by cybersecurity firm ESET, who found a kill switch indicating deliberate action. Mozi was a highly active botnet, with millions of infected nodes. The creators had been arrested before, but the botnet remained active due to its architecture. In August, the number of daily infections dropped significantly. ESET identified a kill switch used to take down the botnet, which disabled its malicious routines. The theory is that the creators were forced to cooperate with Chinese law enforcement.

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