The botnet, which compromised routers and IoT devices in 163 countries, claimed about 369,000 victims and $5.8 million from its cybercriminal customers, officials said.

SentinelOne and Beazley Security say the group has been evolving its techniques of late, all with the goal of making money off stolen data.

The 21 signatories support a number of steps, such as banning vendors who behave illegally, in a document agreed to last week in Paris.

Ron Wyden, D-Ore., fears the regulations have a major loophole and don't cover enough repressive governments’ agencies.