Re: ISP Operators AISURU/Kimwolf botnet

[Mel Beckman via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

Roland,

The Krebs article you cite is even better than the one I linked, because it shows pictures of the many consumer devices 
that can be infiltrated. People are likely to immediately recognize any they own, which will drive home the point that 
this is their problem.

 -mel

> On Jan 16, 2026, at 5:43 PM, Dobbins, Roland via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
>
> 
> On Jan 16, 2026, at 22:16, Benjamin Hatton via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
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> As a smaller ISP, I think the biggest thing that would help us would be a
> 'mainstream' media outlet covering some of it so we have something to show
> customers who call in about their internet being bad, us telling them it is
> their android streaming box that is taking up their entire connection
> moving TBs of data a day, and them responding with "but I bought it from
> Walmart/Amazon" or "you are just trying to get me to sign up for your
> cable" and refusing to do anything about it because 'free TV'.
>
> <https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/the-kimwolf-botnet-is-stalking-your-local-network/>
> The Kimwolf Botnet is Stalking Your Local 
> Network<https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/the-kimwolf-botnet-is-stalking-your-local-network/>
> krebsonsecurity.com<https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/the-kimwolf-botnet-is-stalking-your-local-network/>
> [favicon.ico]<https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/the-kimwolf-botnet-is-stalking-your-local-network/>
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