The FBI is launching a new initiative in the cyber crime wars, taking on the criminal organizations — the so-called “bot herders” — that have gathered under their control compromised or zombie PCs. The bot herders’ purpose is to send out malware or spam and phishing campaigns over the Internet that cannot be traced back to their origins. The initiative, Operation Bot Roast, includes an outreach effort by the FBI and industry partners to notify some 1 million owners of compromised computers under a bot herder’s control.
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Cyber G-Men Plot to Bust Bots
Posted by: Erika Morphy June 14, 2007 02:27 PMThe FBI is launching a new initiative in the cyber crime wars, taking on the criminal organizations — the so-called “bot herders” — that have gathered under their control compromised or zombie PCs. The bot herders’ purpose is to send out malware or spam and phishing campaigns over the Internet that cannot be traced back to their origins. The initiative, Operation Bot Roast, includes an outreach effort by the FBI and industry partners to notify some 1 million owners of compromised computers under a bot herder’s control.