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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. Re:Two years? by notommy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nah. It's because the Spanish police kept retiring after 6 months on the job.

    No? I can't make jokes about Spanish laziness? Fine.

    Kidding aside though, it's going to take a bit of time for the law enforcement to catch up to cyber attackers. The US anti-cyberterrorism (or whatever that's called) was only setup after obama came to power and I'm fairly sure they're not very organized yet.