FBI Takes Out $14M DNS Malware Operation

coondoggie writes "U.S. law enforcement today said it had smashed what it called a massive, sophisticated Internet fraud scheme that injected malware in more than four million computers in over 100 countries while generating $14 million in illegitimate income. Of the computers infected with malware, at least 500,000 were in the United States, including computers belonging to U.S. government agencies, such as NASA."

Comments

Nice job Feds. Credit when credit is due.

[bazmail]

Sometimes you just gotta hand it to 'em

Re:Nice job Feds. Credit when credit is due.

[houstonbofh]

Sometimes you just gotta hand it to 'em

Other times, they just take it... :)

Re:Operating systems stats?

[Baloroth]

The FBI info PDF on the malware ( DNSChanger) lists instructions for checking OSX to see if you're infected. It also mentions the malware changes router settings if they are still at defaults. I'm guessing it infects Windows and Mac, with Linux/FreeBSD/Hurd being unaffected as per usual.

FBI stops DNS poisoning scheme

[Compaqt]

The FBI managed to stop MAFIAA from passing PROTECT-IP?