Creators of Massive Botnet Arrested

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 11, 2005 @12:42AM from the well-maybe-don't-do-that dept.

DigitumDei writes "Dutch police has nabbed 3 men (aged 19,22, & 27) who alledgedly used the toxbot trojan to create a botnet of over 100000 machines. The trio conducted a DDOS attack against an unnamed US company in an extortion attempt, as well as using phishing tactics to hijack PayPal and eBay accounts. From the article: 'Police seized computers, cash, a sports car, and bank accounts at the three men's residences, and additional arrests are expected. The three were to be taken before a magistrate in Breda, a city approximately 25 miles south of Rotterdam, on Friday. The botnet was dismantled, prosecutors said, with help from the Dutch National High Tech Crime Center; GOVCERT.NL, the Netherlands' Computer Emergency Response Team; and several Internet service providers, including the Amsterdam-based XS4ALL.'"

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Re:a botnet of over 100000 machines by catch23 · 2005-10-11 00:51 · Score: 4, Informative

My math is a bit rusty, but isn't 100000 == 10e5? It should be a 100 kilobot instead....
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