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The vulnerability had been disclosed responsibly prior to the attack, and a patch was available; however, not all the nodes had been updated in time. This situation raised eyebrows around the security measures within cryptocurrency networks. Furthermore, while the attacker, Andreas Cole, claimed credit for the significant drop in active nodes, skepticism remains over the accuracy of public node counts.

Operation Power: A Global Crackdown on DDoS Services

The international police effort known as Operation Power has taken aim at online DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) services, removing 27 such services from operation. This sweep included the well-known ZD stressor service, which catered to novice users wanting to employ packet flooding for malicious reasons.