IPStorm [[botnet]]tet, der først blev opdaget i juni 2019, anvender IPFS så det kan gemme dens [[command-and-control]] mellem trafik af legitime data på IPFS netværket.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Danny |date=2019-06-11 |title=This unusual Windows malware is controlled via a P2P network |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-unusual-windows-malware-is-controlled-via-a-p2p-network/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906223819/https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-unusual-windows-malware-is-controlled-via-a-p2p-network/ |archive-date=2019-09-06 |access-date=2019-08-31 |website=[[ZDNet]] |language=en}}</ref> 
Sikkerhedseksperter havde tidlige regnet med en teoretisk mulighed for at anvende IPFS som et botnet command-and-control system.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Patsakis |first=Constantinos |last2=Casino |first2=Fran |date=2019-06-04 |title=Hydras and IPFS: a decentralised playground for malware |journal=International Journal of Information Security |language=en |volume=18 |issue=6 |pages=787–799 |arxiv=1905.11880 |doi=10.1007/s10207-019-00443-0 |s2cid=167217444}}</ref><ref>{{Cite conference |last=Macabeus |first=Bruno |last2=Vinicius |first2=Marcus |last3=Cavalcante |first3=João Paolo |last4=de Souza |first4=Cidcley Teixeira |date=2018-05-06 |title=Protocolos IPFS e IPNS como meio para o controle de botnet: prova de conceito |url=https://sol.sbc.org.br/index.php/wscdc/article/view/2400/2364 |conference=Workshop de Segurança Cibernética em Dispositivos Conectados |language=pt-BR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117104344/https://sol.sbc.org.br/index.php/wscdc/article/view/2400/2364 |archive-date=2021-01-17 |access-date=2021-04-27 |via=SBC Open Lib |url-status=live}}</ref>
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