Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Spanish Police Arrest Ringleaders Who Infected 13m PCs With Credit-Card Stealing Virus

The virus was used to steal login credentials and record every key stroke on the 13m infected computers

From The Daily Mail:

Spanish police have arrested three men accused of masterminding one of the biggest computer crimes to date, which created a network of 13million virus-infected computers.

The virus, named the Mariposa botnet, stole credit card numbers and other personal details from infected machines.

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