One year later: The VPNFilter catastrophe that wasn’t

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One year ago, Cisco Talos first disclosed the existence of VPNFilter on May 23, 2018. The malware made headlines across the globe, as it was a sophisticated piece of malware developed by a nation state, infecting half a million devices, and poised to cause havoc. Yet the attack was averted. This is the story of VPNFilter, and the catastrophe that was averted.