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Man Challenges 250,000 Strong Botnet and Succeeds
nandemoari writes "When security officials decide to 'go after' computer malware, most conduct their actions from a defensive standpoint. For most of us, finding a way to rid a computer of the malware suffices — but for one computer researcher, however, the change from a defensive to an offensive mentality is what ended the two year chase of a sinister botnet once and for all. For two years, Atif Mushtaq had been keeping the notorious Mega-D bot malware from infecting computer networks. As of this past November, he suddenly switched from defense to offense. Mega-D had forced more than 250,000 PCs to do its bidding via botnet control."
No person in their right mind would do such a thing.
Which makes me all the more surprised that no one has tried.
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
... botnet sends android back in time to kill researcher's mother.
Have gnu, will travel.