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Koobface Malware Traced To 5 Russians

Posted by timothy on from the but-that's-right-near-tampa dept.

New submitter theonlyholle writes "Naked Security, the Sophos IT security blog, has published an article about the authors of the Koobface malware that plagued Facebook users in 2008 and the investigation that led to their identification. Apparently the botnet was created by five Russians from St. Petersburg."

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  1. Re:Eastern European Malware by cecom · · Score: 5, Informative

    I come from Eastern Europe and I think that it is socially driven. Corruption is so prevalent in absolutely every aspect of life - from traffic tickets to simply buying something in the store. So "white collar" crime like this is socially acceptable.

    It is most definitely not economically driven - in Eastern Europe there is a huge hunger for competent developers, so unless Russia is an exception (I doubt it), it is easy to find a legal well paying programming job.

    Full disclosure: I left Eastern Europe a long time ago and I am not Russian, but I am extrapolating from my own country.