NEWS First Shellshock botnet attacks Akamai, US DoD networks

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The thread discusses early reports of a Linux botnet (“wopbot”) exploiting the Shellshock Bash command interpreter vulnerability to scan and auto-infect other servers, with claims that it was targeting high-profile networks. The main question/concern is how quickly the flaw is being weaponized (including whether it reached organizations like the U.S. Department of Defense) and what the observed botnet behavior implies about the scale of exploitation. Overall sentiment is alarmed/urgent, reflecting concern about how fast attackers turned the disclosed vulnerability into active mass compromise.