Trump’s Call for a Crackdown on Botnets Is a Long Shot

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President Trump wants to crack down on botnets, the networks of hacked zombie computers that criminals or adversaries can use to carry out large-scale cyberattacks. Achieving this would surely disrupt the cybercriminal infrastructure, but it will also require that the administration overcome monumental technical and political hurdles. Zachary K. Goldman comments in the MIT Technology Review.