Suspected bot master busted

Suspected bot master busted
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-11-03

Federal authorities arrested a 20-year-old California man on Thursday, accusing him of creating bot software to compromise nearly 400,000 Windows computers and using his control of the systems to garner more than $60,000 in profits.

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Suspected bot master busted 2005-11-04
Anonymous

I hope they make an example out of this prick. ...

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Not the first one... 2005-11-06
NathanE (2 replies)

Just a comment on the quote in this article:

"This is the first case to charge someone for using bots for generating profits."

In fact - it's not. The W32.Leave.Worm author, a british man convicted for a number of things, was using his worm and the bots created by it to generate a significant pr...

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Re: Not the first one... 2005-11-07
Matthew Murphy

I'm not familiar in-depth with the circumstances surrounding that particular worm. However, most or all bot herders up to this point have been charged with crimes relating to the *compromise* of their victim PCs. The indirect motive (profit) in these cases is the same, but the basis for criminal c...

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Re: Not the first one... 2005-12-04
Anonymous

The article says "the first case of its kind in the nation". That nation being the USA.

You mention "a british man". Britain is, believe it or not, and contrary to the belief of many in Washington, another nation. Maybe he was convicted in the USA.

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