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The Kimwolf IoT botnet disrupted the I2P anonymity network for a week after attempting to join 700,000 infected devices as nodes, overwhelming the network's normal capacity of 15,000-20,000 devices. The botnet operators were experimenting with using I2P and Tor as resilient command-and-control infrastructure to evade takedown attempts. This Sybil attack prevented legitimate I2P users from connecting, though the network is recovering with stability improvements. Recent internal conflicts among Kimwolf's operators led to mistakes that reduced the botnet's size by over 600,000 infected systems.

Kimwolf Botnet Swamps Anonymity Network I2P – Krebs on Security