- a network of computers created by malware and controlled remotely, without the knowledge of the users of those computers: The botnet was used primarily to send spam emails.Hackers built the botnet to carry out DDoS attacks.
- a network of computers infected by a program that communicates with its creator in order to send unsolicited emails, attack websites, etc
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