Malicious 911 S5 botnet, which infected over 19 million IP addresses worldwide, enabled billions of dollars in pandemic and unemployment fraud. U.S Department of Justice estimates that over US$5.9 billion was siphoned off through fraudulent unemployment insurance claims and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications. Chinese national YunHe Wang, a 35-year-old St. Kitts and Nevis citizen-by-investment, was arrested on May 24 on crim.
Source: , 2024-05-31; https://www.occrp.org/en/daily//en/daily/18766-us-targets-cybercriminals-linked-to-911-s5-botnet