{"id":212339,"date":"2026-02-11T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/kimwolf-botnet-swamps-anonymity-network-i2p-krebs-on-security\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:30:09","slug":"kimwolf-botnet-swamps-anonymity-network-i2p-krebs-on-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/kimwolf-botnet-swamps-anonymity-network-i2p-krebs-on-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimwolf Botnet Swamps Anonymity Network I2P \u2013 Krebs on Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kimwolf Botnet Swamps Anonymity Network I2P \u2013 Krebs on Security<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2026\/02\/kimwolf-botnet-swamps-anonymity-network-i2p\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-02-11 11:18:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: krebsonsecurity.com<\/a><\/p>\n

For the past week, the massive \u201cInternet of Things\u201d (IoT) botnet known as Kimwolf<\/strong> has been disrupting The Invisible Internet Project<\/strong> (I2P), a decentralized, encrypted communications network designed to anonymize and secure online communications. I2P users started reporting disruptions in the network around the same time the Kimwolf botmasters began relying on it to evade takedown attempts against the botnet\u2019s control servers.<\/p>\n

Kimwolf is a botnet that surfaced in late 2025 and quickly infected millions of systems, turning poorly secured IoT devices like TV streaming boxes, digital picture frames and routers into relays for malicious traffic and abnormally large distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.<\/p>\n

I2P is a decentralized, privacy-focused network that allows people to communicate and share information anonymously.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt works by routing data through multiple encrypted layers across volunteer-operated nodes, hiding both the sender\u2019s and receiver\u2019s locations,\u201d the I2P website explains. \u201cThe result is a secure, censorship-resistant network designed for private websites, messaging, and data sharing.\u201d<\/p>\n

On February 3, I2P users began complaining on the organization\u2019s GitHub page about tens of thousands of routers suddenly overwhelming the network, preventing existing users from communicating with legitimate nodes. Users reported a rapidly increasing number of new routers joining the network that were unable to transmit data, and that the mass influx of new systems had overwhelmed the network to the point where users could no longer connect.<\/p>\n

I2P users complaining about service disruptions from a rapidly increasing number of routers suddenly swamping the network.<\/p>\n

When one I2P user asked whether the network was under attack, another user replied, \u201cLooks like it. My physical router freezes when the number of connections exceeds 60,000.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A graph shared by I2P developers showing a marked drop in successful connections on the I2P…<\/p>\n

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