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Multiple actors: cryptominers, botnets (Mirai, Muhstik), ransomware crews, state-sponsored groups

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Log4Shell (Apache Log4j CVE-2021-44228)

A trivially exploitable remote code execution flaw in Apache Log4j 2, the ubiquitous Java logging library, scored a maximum CVSS 10.0 and exposed hundreds of millions of devices and applications worldwide to instant takeover via a single crafted log string.

Victim
Global (Apache Log4j users worldwide)