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Open Cosmos seeks deadline extension for broadband constellation

11 June 2026 at 13:43

British small satellite specialist Open Cosmos is seeking more time to deploy its proposed sovereign broadband constellation for Europe after running into launch issues.

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Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled

29 May 2026 at 19:46

Authorities in the Netherlands said they dismantled a botnet that comprised more than 17 million devices and were managed by 200 servers in a joint operation by the police and the National Cyber Security Center.

The action, announced Thursday, came about after a security researcher reported the sprawling network to authorities. The host infrastructure was located in the Netherlands.

Used for criminal purposes

β€œThe police then seized several botnet servers from a hosting provider for investigation,” the NCSC said. β€œThe botnet was taken offline by the provider because it was used for criminal purposes.”

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