The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested 10 individuals from around the world, including the United States, which it alleges are part of an international cybercrime ring linked to the Yahos malware. Yahos is associated with the notorious Butterfly botnet, which compromised more than 11 million computer systems and resulted in an estimated $850 million in losses from the theft of consumers’ credit cards and bank accounts. Facebook lent a hand in this latest takedown by helping to identify the root cause, the perpetrators, and those affected by the malware.
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FBI Takes 10 Alleged Botnet Operators Offline
Posted by: Erika Morphy December 13, 2012 03:13 PMThe Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested 10 individuals from around the world, including the United States, which it alleges are part of an international cybercrime ring linked to the Yahos malware. Yahos is associated with the notorious Butterfly botnet, which compromised more than 11 million computer systems and resulted in an estimated $850 million in losses from the theft of consumers’ credit cards and bank accounts. Facebook lent a hand in this latest takedown by helping to identify the root cause, the perpetrators, and those affected by the malware.