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New Mega-Botnet Discovered

Posted by samzenpus on from the we're-gonna-need-a-bigger-internet dept.

yahoi writes "According to the DarkReading article, 'Researchers have discovered a major botnet operating out of the Ukraine that has infected 1.9 million machines, including large corporate and government PCs mainly in the US. The botnet, which appears to be larger than the infamous Storm botnet was in its heyday, has infected machines from some 77 government-owned domains — 51 of which are in the US government. Researchers from Finjan who found the botnet say it's controlled by six individuals, and includes machines in major banks.'"

3 of 257 comments (clear)

  1. is it really this bad? by FudRucker · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    are the government IT in the USA really this incompetent?

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    Politics is Treachery, Religion is Brainwashing
  2. Re: Can Help? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Insightful? This lame comment?

    You PotatoFarmer, and thePowerOfGrayskull & LostCluster make me sick.

    You've probably never said anything truly insightful in your life.

    I doubt you could do half as well as the admins I know. PC security is *hard* and you are too much quick & easy.

    Scum.

  3. Re:Can Help? by sexconker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The XP installer just creates the Administrator account for me.