New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- Google says it has disrupted remove domains belonging to IPIDEA, which is considered one of the biggest malicious networks in the world. The company says it disrupted a proxy network which was used by bad actors to hijack millions of computers and phones to create 'secret tunnels' for conducting criminal activity.

Notably, Proxy networks act as intermediatries between the users and internet by routing traffic through third-party devices, and effectively hiding the real origin of activity. The feature is often abused by cybercriminals in order to stay annonymous and aconduct mailicious activity without directly exposing their own system.

What did Google stop?

Google said it disrupted IPIDEA by taking down its onlin...