"Botmaster" admits infecting 250,000 computers | |
From: | Joe Klemmer |
Date: | Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:33:33 -0500 |
"Botmaster" admits infecting 250,000 computers Fri Nov 9, 2007 7:13pm EST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles man on Friday admitted infecting 250,000 computers and stealing the identities of thousands of people by wiretapping their communications and accessing their bank accounts. http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0823938120071110?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=69 or http://lispurl.com/cdaaaaaaadadar [And I'm not going to say anything about what OS/Apps these systems were running. - jjk]