FBI tries to fight zombie hordes (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

The FBI is contacting more than one million PC owners who have had their computers hijacked by cyber criminals.

The initiative is part of an ongoing project to thwart the use of hijacked home computers, or zombies, as launch platforms for hi-tech crimes.

The FBI has found networks of zombie computers being used to spread spam, steal IDs and attack websites.

The agency said the zombies or bots were "a growing threat to national security".

Signs of trouble

The FBI has been trying to tackle networks of zombies for some time as part of an initiative it has dubbed Operation Bot Roast.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6752853.stm

Braaaains ... braaaains ....

[Greyskye]

1. next, after zombie computers...

[Gabi Hayes]

2. show me your dard drive!

[Greyskye]

4. whoa

who's the skeleton with the high beams?

[cynatnite]

5. She looks like the girl that played Donnatella Moss on West Wing n/t

[Greyskye]

6. really?

I guess there's a resemblance...

[hootinholler]

3. It's been going on for years...

People are able to extort money from businesses by threatening DDOS attacks (Distributed Denial Of Service).

I've always assumed the DOD has its own zombie army as well.

-Hoot