# Warrants for Cleaning Malware in Kelihos

DevFeed: [Warrants for Cleaning Malware in Kelihos](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/warrants-for-cleaning-malware-in-kelihos-37109.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/warrants-for-cleaning-malware-in-kelihos/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [Malware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/malware.md>), [Hacking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hacking.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>)

Tags: [authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authorization.md>), [commands](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commands.md>), [communications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communications.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [hacking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hacking.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [ip](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ip.md>), [malware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/malware.md>), [routing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/routing.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary examines the FBI's warrant to operate sinkhole infrastructure for the Kelihos botnet and questions whether the authorization constituted mass hacking. It focuses on the warrant's technical scope, including communications, IP and routing information, and the legal issues involved in cleaning malware at scale.

## Source excerpt

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