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Ontario and Quebec police probing cyber network that hacked millions of household devices

Police have seized tens of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency as part of an investigation into a global cybercrime operation allegedly run from Canada that harnessed household electronic devices to launch some of the most powerful online attacks ever seen.

The Ontario Provincial Police and Sûreté du Québec both confirmed to the Star they are conducting probes after the recent dismantling of computer networks made up of millions of hacked household digital devices such as webcams, television boxes, routers and digital video recorders.


I blame cats.

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