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Creators of Massive Botnet Arrested

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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.'"

4 of 243 comments (clear)

  1. Re:If only i had my own 100k computer matrix... by ackthpt · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Id never lose another ebay auction. 100k snipes every nanosec!

    Try bidding like you mean it, cheapskate!

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  2. Re:Wow. by ackthpt · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    A city-wide Thieves Guild is understandable, but a National Crime Center is just going too far.

    I bet you crack up every time you hear "You can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"

    In the USA we have a National Crime Center, too. It's Washington DC. Amazing how fast they can make billions disappear, no bots, no phishing.

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  3. MegaBotNet... by GungaDan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    REJUVENATE!

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  4. Re:Good, but... by Ogive17 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't think any government actively goes after drug users, they go after the distributors. The only people who get charged with using drugs are the ones who are dumb enough to do it publically or get high and get in an accident.

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