Botnet Brain Pleads Guilty

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 24, 2006 @05:35AM from the there-are-better-ways-to-make-a-buck dept.

spge writes "Now that Jeanson James Ancheta has plead guilty to spamming, computer misuse and fraud, it might be worth scanning through the original indictment document, which includes a step-by-step account of how someone goes about setting up an adware business, manages botnets and (thankfully) gets caught." From the BBC article: "'Mr Ancheta was responsible for a particularly insidious string of crimes,' said a spokesman for the US attorney's office in Los Angeles, Thom Mrozek. 'He hijacked somewhere in the area of half a million computer systems. This not only affected computers like the one in your home, but it allowed him and others to orchestrate large-scale attacks.'" We discussed Ancheta's arrest back in October of last year.

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Re:Hmmm... by gowen · 2006-01-24 06:03 · Score: 5, Funny

"Jenna Jameson did what?"
I believe the answer to that question is "Practically everyone"

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heh by JavaLord · 2006-01-24 06:23 · Score: 3, Funny

From Page 2 of the pdf:

ACHETA used the following usernames ...., IamJames85@yahoo.com...

That must have been a tough catch. Obviously this man is a super hacker.
Send presents by www.sorehands.com · 2006-01-24 06:53 · Score: 3, Funny

Why not send his cellmate some of the penis enlargment pills and cialis pills that his botnet sent?

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Re:Rope. Tree. Neck. by Cheeze · 2006-01-24 07:36 · Score: 3, Funny

I think they should ship him off to India to be a tech support lackey for a few years. At least then, he indirectly gets to clean up his own mess.

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