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The ongoing and evolving nature of the attacks, with attackers adapting their sweep tactics and targeting techniques, suggests the vulnerability exploitation will continue as long as profitable key space remains

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Too little corroboration in the last 3 days to call a trend (1 article). Watching for it to gain traction.

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"But the sweeping has not stopped almost three days later, and the falling average haul says the profitable end of that key space is already picked over."

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