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Today, we announced that our Google Threat Intelligence Group successfully dismantled IPIDEA, a residential proxy network that served as the digital camouflage for over 550 threat groups globally. Automated attacks rely on a single structural vulnerability: the need to remain invisible. By executing a synchronized legal and technical strike, we didn’t just block IPs—we incinerated infrastructure adversaries spent years building. The Strategic Takedown: - Legal Decapitation: We seized control of management domains, effectively "pulling the plug" on the command-and-control center. - Ecosystem Defense: Through Google Play Protect, we’ve automated user warings and the removal of applications with the malicious code from hijacked devices, neutralizing the threat at the edge. When we destroy an adversary’s infrastructure, we force them to burn their most precious resource: time ⌛. Read Robert McMillan’s exclusive deep dive in The Wall Street Journal: https://lnkd.in/g76ygG-P Kudos to the team leading this complex operation. We aren't just defending the perimeter; we are reshaping the battlefield.