Internet Security and Programming

The FBI today released details of several cybercrime cases against individuals accused of defrauding banks, companies and consumers of more than $20 million with the help of “botnets,” large groupings of hijacked personal computers. The computer crime crackdown is Part Two of “Operation Bot Roast,” a series of investigations the FBI first detailed this summer. To date, the operation has has identified more than two million individual PCs compromised by at least 10 individuals who have since pleaded guilty, been indicted or sentenced for various bot-related computer crimes. Click on the name of the individual below for a copy of his indictment and more details on the case: * Ryan Brett Goldstein, 21, of Ambler, Pa., was indicted on Nov. 1 for orchestrating attacks from a botnet of 50,000 PCs against various online chat networks. Goldstein, a student at the University of Pennsylvania, is accused of working with an [...]

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