PULSE NAME
Long Live The Vo1d Botnet: New Variant Hits 1.6 Million TV Globally
WHITE CyberHunter_NL 2025-03-03 Modified: 2025-04-02
90
IOCs
HIGH VOLUME
On February 24, 2025, NBC News reported: "Unauthorized AI-generated footage suddenly played on televisions at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) headquarters in Washington, D.C. The video showed President Donald Trump bowing to kiss Elon Musk's toes, accompanied by the bold caption LONG LIVE THE REAL KING. Staff were unable to shut it down and had to unplug all TVs." The incident quickly sparked widespread public debate and caught the attention of the cybersecurity community, prompting a reevaluation of the significant risks posed by hacked devices like televisions and set-top boxes.
Indicators of Compromise (2 / 90 total)
All FileHash-MD5 FileHash-SHA1 FileHash-SHA256 URL domain hostname
TYPEINDICATORDESCRIPTIONCREATED
FileHash-SHA1 0837d77b6a635755b26fedc6bb19adee36fdcc60 SHA1 of 2de1775908db39f3c4edbb7a7d99268d 2025-03-03
FileHash-SHA1 70672a8ccee11976077ff4f3dc16966bbf67e965 2025-03-03