A vigilante is sabotaging the Emotet botnet by replacing malware payloads with GIFs

[dhruv2193]

An unknown vigilante hacker has been sabotaging the operations of the recently-revived Emotet botnet by replacing Emotet payloads with animated GIFs, effectively preventing victims from getting infected.
The sabotage, which started three days ago, on July 21, has grown from a simple joke to a serious issue impacting a large portion of the Emotet operation.

Source(full read)- https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-vigilant...with-gifs/