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

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

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 charges is different.

I know that it certainly is a first for a U.S. court to try a case of fraud related to a computer botnet. Given the serious penalties that fraud carries, this seems to me to be a more effective strategy.

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