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Suspected Mariposa Botnet Creator Arrested

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the still-think-it's-a-silly-name dept.

mehemiah writes "The writer of the Mariposa Botnet has been arrested through international effort. The FBI said this arrest and the arrests of three alleged operators in February were the result of a two-year joint investigation into the Mariposa Botnet, which may have infected as many as eight million to 12 million computers around the world."

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  1. Could they NOW send a command? by hesaigo999ca · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Now that they got him, could they not send out a command to all infected to repair themselves and delete any known botnets including this one from the hard drives, at some point, it would be nice to use the now discovered botnets and their code to do some good for a change, or do they want us to keep it there so they can still monitor xxx hacker still using it....