The Justice Department announced today that it has successfully conducted a court-authorized operation to neutralize a botnet controlled by the Russian Federation's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU). The operation targeted a network of small office/home office (SOHO) routers that were used by the GRU to carry out various cybercrimes, including spearphishing and credential harvesting campaigns against U.S. and foreign governments, military organizations, and corporate entities.The botnet, which was operated by GRU Military Unit 26165, also known as...