Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction?

["Paul M. Moriarty" <pmm () igtc com>]

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http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/22/world/worldwatch/entry4960984.shtml

"The FBI and British law enforcement authorities are trying to hunt  
down hackers responsible for the largest botnet (robot network) ever  
known to the IT world, according to a California-based Internet  
security company.

Finjan's Chief Technology Officer has told the Financial Times that  
six people based in Ukraine are suspected of compromising 1.9 million  
computers worldwide in just two months — many of them in the U.S. "

[...]

"However, Rupert Goodwins editor of CBSNews.com's sister site  
ZDNet.com, says Finjan has offered no hard evidence to back up their  
claim of discovering the world's largest-ever botnet. "

[...]

So, another new, big botnet or RSA publicity-seeking hype?

- Paul -


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