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Botnet Brain Pleads Guilty

Posted by Zonk on 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.

8 of 137 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Hmmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lol... i can't believe it, i did the same exact thing!

  2. Re:Hmmm... by arachnoprobe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    me2. Did you know, that she has a show on broadway now?

  3. Brain? BRAIN??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do duh do do do, Inspector Gadget! Do duh do do do - do do doo doo!
     
      Woof woof, woof woof woof, wuff wuff (like in screen) woof woof!
     
    Penny: What was that, brain?
    WOOF!

  4. Jenna Jameson a botnet brain? by Jack+Johnson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've loaded the main page three times today and read it that way every time.

  5. Re:There's a Botnet named Brain? by PhysicsPhil · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A botnet named Brain. Coming soon, a botnet named Pinky.

  6. Re:Hmmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Jenna Jameson did what?

    You're not too far off. The story does discuss exploting gaping holes...

  7. PARENT IS NOT OFF-TOPIC. by Caspian · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mods are on crack. Read the parent post; it's specifically about this "botnet brain" guy and what he allegedly did.

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    With spending like this, exactly what are "conservatives" conserving?
  8. fKriSt psot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    All major marketing c0nversation and and sling or table during play, this future. Even