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Operation: Bot Roast

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Operation: Bot Roast is an operation by the FBI to track down bot herders, crackers, or virus coders who install malicious software on computers through the Internet without the owners’ knowledge, which turns the computer into a zombie computer that then sends out spam to other computers from the compromised zombie computer, making a botnet or network of bot infected computers. The operation was launched because the vast size of the botnet poses a threat to national security.[1]

The results

The operation was created to disrupt and disassemble bot herders. In June 2007, the FBI had identified about 1 million computers that were compromised, leading to the arrest of the persons responsible for creating the malware. In the process, owners of infected computers were notified, many of whom were unaware of the exploitation.[1][2]

Some early results of the operation include charges against the following:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "OPERATION: BOT ROAST 'Bot-herders' Charged as Part of Initiative" (Press release). Federal Bureau of Investigations. 2007-06-13. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  2. ^ "FBI tries to fight zombie hordes" (Press release). BBC News. 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  3. ^ Dan Goodin (13 June 2007). "FBI logs its millionth zombie address" (HTML). the register. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
  4. ^ Akill pleads guilty to all charges
  5. ^ Engineering junior indicted on federal computer hacking charges