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botnet
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A network of internet connected systems which have been taken over using
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security exploits or laughably dreadful password policies. Often older
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systems which have not received security updates or which are no longer
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supported by the OEM become easy recruits to one or more botnet. Hackers
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or government agencies who have remote control over the exploited machines
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are known as botmasters. Botnets may be used to carry out DDoS attacks
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or a motley assortment of nefarious activities.
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