FBI Says Mastermind of Botnet Computer Scam Nabbed
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Posted: 11:06 PM Jul 27, 2010
FBI Says Mastermind of Botnet Computer Scam Nabbed
The FBI says international law enforcement authorities have arrested the computer hacker responsible for creating the malicious computer code that infected about 12 million computers and invaded major corporations worldwide.
Reporter: Associated Press
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The FBI says international law enforcement authorities have arrested the computer hacker responsible for creating the malicious computer code that infected about 12 million computers and invaded major corporations worldwide.

The alleged mastermind is a 23-year-old Slovenian whose Internet nickname is Iserdo. The FBI says he was arrested in Slovenia after a lengthy investigation by police there, along with FBI and Spanish authorities.

His arrest comes about five months after Spanish police arrested three hackers in the cyber scam who operated the so-called Mariposa botnet, stealing credit cards and online banking credentials.

A botnet is a network of infected computers. The Mariposa botnet appeared in December 2008.

Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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Posted by: at Anonymous Location: cs on Jul 28, 2010 at 09:22 AM

usually a job for these sit at home in their mother's basement type of chumps. It should be NO ACCESS to a personal computer period for a vast number of years. Basically, find another way to make a living wimp! But of course, that won't happen.
Posted by: Anonymous on Jul 28, 2010 at 01:09 AM

something tells me they will get a choice jail time or a job...
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