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Botnet Mafia in Online Turf War

Posted by samzenpus on from the make-them-an-offer-they-can't-refuse dept.

An anonymous reader writes " The kind of turf war seen in the real world by drug gangs is being replicated by the criminal gangs behind spamming botnets, and things are turning nasty."

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  1. Somehow... by s_p_oneil · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't think this would make an exciting movie.

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

      The term Mafia far too often implies Italians , Is this a poor choice of words or just an oversight?
      Mafia is offensive

      Yes Mafias exist in many races , cultures and religion but Mafia to many people implies Italians,anbd is unfair to them.

      See dictionary definitions anywhere ..
      the word mafia sends chills though many fine Italian folks and rightly so, because it is they who are far too often falsely associated with this criminal activity., Even though Mafia's of other races and countries are far more prolific and ruthless .It is all in all unfair to them
      It really is a slap in the face to Italians , I blame the media and Television for much of this

    2. Re:Somehow... by arivanov · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Exactly.

      It is not news yet. It will be news when it hits the streets and DDOS will be supplemented by luparas at dawn. The e-organised crime and the real crime appear to be merging more and more so one day this will happen. In fact it may already be happening, but in places where one more or one less dead body does not make anybody notice. After all on the streets of St Petersburg "Zhizn cena kopeika" as it is (and has always been).

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  2. Re:Botnets and MACS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude, haven't you seen the campaign, I mean the ads are great, I've purchased 3 new macs and 30 used macs from ebay on the persuasive power of the ads alone. Get with the program... dang