Microsoft, FBI Takedown Citadel Botnet

hypnosec writes "Microsoft in collaboration with the FBI have successfully taken down the Citadel botnet which was known to control millions of PCs across the globe and was allegedly responsible for bank fraud in excess of $500 million. Citadel was known to have over 1,400 instances across the globe with most located in the US, Europe, India, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. It would install key-logging tools on target systems, which were then used to steal online banking credentials."

Comments

Re:Great start but

[Anonymous Coward]

Please mod the parent down as much as possible. This has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand.

He's probably also one of those Tea Party terrorist faggots that think the government should serve the people instead of the other way around. Fuck him. Get his post down to -2 and delete it ASAP.

Microsoft support should call them

[Anonymous Coward]

on the phone and lead them thru the process of cleaning up their infected machine.

That worked perfectly when they called me :-)

Re:This is just a decoy...

[Adambomb]

hell that's nothing, Dihydrogen Monoxide is only one ATOM away from being a substance known to cause a condition called Black Hairy Tongue as well as abdominal pains, vomiting, and diarhea!