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'''Operation Botroast''' is an initiative of the Cyber Division of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]. The operation was organized to fight the use of [[botnets]]. |
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== Operation Botroast == |
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OPERATION BOT ROAST is a national initiative and ongoing investigations have identified over 1 million victim computer IP addresses. The FBI is working with our industry partners, including the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University, to notify the victim owners of the computers. Through this process the FBI may uncover additional incidents in which botnets have been used to facilitate other criminal activity. |
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The FBI, working in conjunction with the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University and other partners, claims to have identified over 1 million computers which have been compromised by hackers.<ref>[http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel07/botnet061307.htm FBI Press Release, June 13, 1007]</ref> |
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A botnet is a collection of compromised computers under the remote command and control of a criminal “botherder.” Most owners of the compromised computers are unknowing and unwitting victims. They have unintentionally allowed unauthorized access and use of their computers as a vehicle to facilitate other crimes, such as identity theft, denial of service attacks, phishing, click fraud, and the mass distribution of spam and spyware. Because of their widely distributed capabilities, botnets are a growing threat to national security, the national information infrastructure, and the economy. |
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*[http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1114/p16s01-stct.html Tom Regan, Christian Science Monitor, ''U.S. girds for battle with computer 'botnets''', 11/14/07] |
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*[http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=5394947, Heather Ishimaru, KGO News, F.B.I. Identifies 'Botnet' Hackers, 6/13/07] |
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Revision as of 05:56, 8 December 2007
Operation Botroast is an initiative of the Cyber Division of the FBI. The operation was organized to fight the use of botnets.
The FBI, working in conjunction with the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University and other partners, claims to have identified over 1 million computers which have been compromised by hackers.[1]