[Havoc]

Wild that some random used a security hole to try and counter the malicious actions actively lol

[bombcar]

This has happened a number of times that I remember - one was a worm/exploit that would patch the hole.

[robotnikman]

I remember reading about 5 or so years ago that the FBI was doing exactly this to counter the EternalBlue exploit (I might be getting the exploit name wrong)

[nijave]

I've seen multiple articles where Microsoft does this by taking over C&C domains with court orders

[nisegami]

Relevant link maybe: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-a...

[bobson381]

this was awesome. people are surprising

[er4hn]

There's a long history of this. A defense against the Morris worm made use of this as well.