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@h4ckernews@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

A Botnet Accidentally Destroyed I2P

https://www.sambent.com/a-botnet-accidentally-destroyed-i2p-the-full-story/

#HackerNews #Botnet #I2P #CyberSecurity #TechNews #HackerNews #InternetPrivacy

Sam Bent

A Botnet Accidentally Destroyed I2P (The Full Story)

On February 3, 2026, the I2P anonymity network was flooded with 700,000 hostile nodes in what became one of the most devastating Sybil attacks an anonymity network has ever experienced. The network normally operates with 15,000 to 20,000 active devices. The attackers overwhelmed it by a factor
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