Botnet Hackers Held in UK and Finland

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via The Times Online (UK).

[snip]

Three men suspected of bombarding business computers with e-mail
viruses have been arrested following an investigation into internet
fraud involving police in Britain and Finland.

The trio - a 63-year-old from England, a 28-year-old from Scotland and
a 19-year-old from Finland - are accused of creating trojan viruses
attached to spam emails with the intention of causing a "massive
infection".

It is believed that once activated, the virus - known variously as
Ryknos, Breplibot or Stinkx - allowed the gang access to commercial
information through a back door.

The virus was programmed to infect linked machines, creating a zombie
network (or botnet) of compromised computers under their control.

[snip]

More here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2245043,00.html

Thanks for the pointer, Jose.

- ferg


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