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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.'"

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  1. no definite article needed by osvenskan · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's just "Ukraine", not "the Ukraine".

  2. Re:DingDingDing! by jake-in-a-box · · Score: 5, Informative

    The data was not lost from military systems, it was obtained by crackers who penetrated military contractor's commercial systems. Yes, that leads to a whole bunch of questions and is not by any means an absolution of the military's IT security. But your statement does not match the facts.

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