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Cyber Police Seized Bot Farm that used to Send Large Scale Spam Emails

Cyber police seized a huge bot farm that used to send large scale  spam  through various services such as email and social media. The investigation was carried out by  Ukraine police in  six different regions. Attackers use homes, garages, apartments, and rented offices to carry out malicious activities. To hide their anonymity and to anonymize the bot farm they used  TOR  and the  VPN  services. Further investigation reveals that the bot farm is operated exclusively for client interest. The bot farm lets attackers register accounts on various online platforms that require user phone numbers to complete the verification process, such as social media, email, payment systems, etc.. They also sold some verified accounts at a higher price to the interested clients. By having the verified accounts threat actors use them for spamming purposes. Police seized several multi-SIM card modems, these modems would have at least 32 sim card slots and those modems provide multiple opti