Loading ...Police Raid Botmaster Blamed for 1 Million Infections
The raid took place on the home of the alleged ringleader of an international group of cybercriminals that is said to be responsible for massive PC infections.
Police have raided the home of the alleged ringleader of an international group of cybercriminals said to be responsible for infecting more than one million computers.
The raid was conducted earlier this week at the New Zealand residence of the alleged botmaster, known online as AKILL. It was part of a joint effort by New Zealand police and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
While the FBI believes the raid has helped breakup the botnet network, AKILL has not been arrested, an FBI spokesman said Thursday.
AKILL is an 18-year-old New Zealand man who lives in the province of Waikato, said Detective Inspector Peter Devoy of the New Zealand Police. With the help of an FBI agent on-site in New Zealand, local authorities raided his house on Wednesday. “We’ve seized his computers and we’ll be forensically analyzing them over the next few days,” he said.
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