Accused Masterminds of World's Largest Computer Virus Network Arrested

Accused Masterminds of World's Largest Computer Virus Network Arrested

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BOSTON - Spanish police have arrested three men accused of masterminding one of the biggest computer crimes to date -- infecting more than 13 million PCs with a virus that stole credit card numbers and other data.

The men were suspected of running the Mariposa botnet, named after the Spanish word for butterfly, Spain's Civil Guard said on Tuesday. A press conference to give more details is scheduled for Wednesday.

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Looks like they have arrested 3 of them but i'm sure that was just scratching the surface of this whole thing. In the article they say that:
"The security firms -- Defense Intelligence Inc. of Canada and Panda Security S.L. of Spain -- did not say how much money the hackers had stolen from their victims before the ring was shut down on December 23. Security experts said the cost of removing malicious program from 13 million machines could run into tens of millions of dollars."

Who know how much money they took but I can imagine it was ALOT.

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What, they arrested bill gates?

Sorry misread the title,sort of

Anyone that has ever got a computer virus or had their ID stolen is going to be happy at this news.

However, as they pointed out its just one head of the hyrda. Soon someone will take the place of these guys.

Great news for those affected by that particular bot, however as another poster pointed out, since that one was shut down I am sure a dozen have risen to take it's place.

It's just too easy to create and distribute these things in today's online climate. The ammount of information that is freely accesible is astounding.

People need to learn encryption and companies like Microsft and Mac should be providing easy solutions for these sorts of problems.

Then again, it's more of a neglection by the user than the people creating the medium.

~Keeper