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Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help
From: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () cisco com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:35:07 -0700
On Jun 13, 2007, at 11:49 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
BTW, 1 million compromised computers is probably a low estimate.
Besides the 'call your ISP for technical help' blunder, there's actually more useful info, believe it or not, in the press release linked in the article:
<http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel07/botnet061307.htm>The FBI aren't claiming only 1 million infected machines, they're saying that this particular sweep involves up to a million botted hosts.
It seems to me that the larger inference is that law enforcement are taking the botnet problem more seriously, which is what a lot of folks in the operational community have been advocating for a long time. While one aspect of the messaging is questionable, it seems to me that active national-level LEO involvement in this problem-space would be welcomed by many.
It's just a first step, and those are always the hardest to take. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () cisco com> // 408.527.6376 voice Equo ne credite, Teucri. -- Laocoön
Current thread:
- FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Sean Donelan (Jun 13)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Roland Dobbins (Jun 13)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Sean Donelan (Jun 13)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help John Levine (Jun 13)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Sean Donelan (Jun 14)
- RE: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help michael.dillon (Jun 14)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Kradorex Xeron (Jun 14)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Per Heldal (Jun 15)
- RE: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Frank Bulk (Jun 16)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Alexander Harrowell (Jun 17)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Sean Donelan (Jun 14)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Roland Dobbins (Jun 13)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Jack Bates (Jun 14)
- Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help Sean Donelan (Jun 14)