Sality Botnet Dismantled After Eight Years of Stealing Bitcoin and Ethereum

CrowdStrike and the DOJ dismantle the Sality botnet, isolating over 15,000 infected machines across four countries after eight years of siphoning Bitcoin and Ethereum. The operation shuts down a long‑running illicit mining network that reportedly generated millions in crypto revenue, reducing illicit hash power and signaling heightened law‑enforcement pressure on cryptocurrency‑focused malware.