Huge Botnet Amputated, but Criminals Reconnect
And the award for unnecessary use of the word "amputated" in a tech headline goes to this story. Apparently saying the botnet was "cut off" just wasn't cool enough.
And the award for unnecessary use of the word "amputated" in a tech headline goes to this story. Apparently saying the botnet was "cut off" just wasn't cool enough.
The sudden takedown of an Internet provider thought to be helping spread one of the most promiscuous pieces of malicious software out there appears to have cut off criminals from potentially millions of personal computers under their control. But the victory was short-lived.
