# FBI confirms it issued remote kill command to blow out Volt Typhoon's botnet

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**Created:** [1 February 2024 04:04 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/fbi-confirms-it-issued-remote-kill-command-to-blow-out-volt-typhoons-botnet/141953 "2024-02-01T04:04:46Z")\
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> Volt Typhoon’s botnet infected ‘hundreds’ of older routers.  
> Remotely disinfects Cisco and Netgear routers to block Chinese critters

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> **[Volt Typhoon's botnet infected 'hundreds' of older routers](https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/31/volt_typhoon_botnet/)**
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> Remotely disinfects Cisco and Netgear routers to block Chinese critters

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