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Microsoft, FBI Takedown Citadel Botnet

Posted by samzenpus on from the take-it-down dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Great start but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who modded this down? I though /. would grok _irony_