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Wasn't that the guy of the lamest vendor response in 2007? A little less harsh on your comment would be appropriate, mr. Theo.

To be fair, Lockheed-Martin was hacked because they depended on a 3rd party (RSA) for a critical part of their security infrastructure.

When RSA subsequently had a massive data compromise, instead of letting their customers know what happened, they downplayed the ramifications of the breach. And RSA just won a pwnie for their efforts.

Not that that changes your response in any significant way.

Finding them was IMHO easy because they used real names when registering domains and didn't used proxies or tried to hide their IP's.(SOurce http://pwnies.com/nominations/ Most Epic Fail) And the Slovenes used their own bank accounts for getting the money from Spains. (Source: Local newspaper)

Failure #2: Once the takedown was in process, Netkario furiously tried to regain control of the botnet. In the process of doing this, he connected to the command and control server without using a VPN or proxy, revealing his actual IP. This made it even easier to track him down.

Failure #3: Once being busted for operating this botnet, Netkario and others involved with Mariposa actually tried to get jobs with AV vendor Panda Security, becoming abusive towards them once Panda indicated that they weren't interested in employing them because of their histories.