On 11 March 2026, Europol in collaboration with law enforcement agencies from Austria, France, the Netherlands, and the United States, alongside Eurojust, executed Operation Lightning. This coordinated effort targeted the malicious proxy service ‘SocksEscort’, which allegedly compromised over 369 000 routers and Internet of Things devices in 163 countries, and offered ‘SocksEscort’ customers over 35 000 proxies in recent years.
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