< http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/05/researchers-hijack-botnet-score-56000-passwords-in-an-hour.ars >
"Researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara have published a paper detailing their findings after hijacking a botnet for ten days earlier this year. Among other things, the researchers were able to collect 70GB of data that the bots stole from users, including 56,000 passwords gathered within a single hour. "... "(Comically, the report notes that 0.1 percent of Torpig victims love "exchanging insults" online ... Only 0.1% ? Obviously, people in this list weren't a part of _that_ botnet. BTW, interesting last paragraph in the article. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
