US Sanctions Chinese National for Running 911 S5 Botnet

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned a Chinese national for his role in directing the 911 S5 botnet, which uses hacked residential computers as proxies and is often used to commit fraud.

The department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said an investigation into network infrastructure and virtual private networks used by botnet operators revealed Yunhe Wang as the primary administrator.

The office also sanctioned Jinping Liu, who it accused of laundering criminally derived proceeds. Also under sanctions is Yanni Zheng, a business agent for Wang. Treasury also listed three companies based in Thailand under Wang's control - Spicy Code Co. Ltd., Tulip Biz Pattaya Group Co. Ltd. and Lily Suites Co. Ltd.
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US Sanctions Chinese National for Running 911 S5 Botnet