Botnet Taken Out In Canada
There has been quite a bit of information on various security sites about the botnet bust in Canada last week… so I know I’m raking over old news.
But who cares… the point is, something is being done. The bad guys are getting tracked down and are being taken to task. Yes it’s a slow process and no.. they aren’t locking them up and throwing away the key yet… but every botnet that is taken down is one less that we need to worry about.
Over the course of the two years that this network was under investigation, the network took control of up to a million computers. When you figure the number of computers hijacked, the amount of the damages, and the number of people they were able to connect with this crime, this is a very impressive win for the Quebec police.
See the full story here at McAfee
