On Jun 13, 2007, at 11:49 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
BTW, 1 million compromised computers is probably a low estimate.
Besides the 'call your ISP for technical help' blunder, there's
actually more useful info, believe it or not, in the press release
linked in the article:
<http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel07/botnet061307.htm>
The FBI aren't claiming only 1 million infected machines, they're
saying that this particular sweep involves up to a million botted hosts.
It seems to me that the larger inference is that law enforcement are
taking the botnet problem more seriously, which is what a lot of
folks in the operational community have been advocating for a long
time. While one aspect of the messaging is questionable, it seems to
me that active national-level LEO involvement in this problem-space
would be welcomed by many.
It's just a first step, and those are always the hardest to take.
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