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Canada’s Spy Agency Used First-of-Its-Kind Warrant to Clean Botnet-Infected Devices
Canada's spy agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), obtained a court warrant to neutralize two foreign-run botnets by altering infected servers, home routers, and IoT gear. This marks the first use of CSIS's threat reduction warrant powers for such an action.
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