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Comment by feelamee

9 months ago

wow, did these attacks start after the beginning of military actions in Ukraine in 2022? Or they were a long time before.

Thanks for clarification

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bzzzt  9 months ago

It's not specifically Ukraine related, (spam) botnet harvesting is a much older practice. It was already a problem at my first job at the beginning of the century...

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