Infamous Skynet botnet author allegedly arrested

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Infamous Skynet botnet author allegedly arrested
Botnet	Skynet
Malware
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2013 / 2013-12-05
Editor/Conference	MalwareTech
Link	http://www.malwaretech.com/2013/12/infamous-skynet-botnet-author-allegedly.html (Archive copy)
Author	MalwareTech
Type	Blogpost

Abstract

“ On the 4th of December the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) issued a press release stating they had arrested two suspects for computer crimes, with the support of GSG 9 (A German special operations unit). The release detailed that the two suspect has reportedly modified, distributed and used existing malware as part of a botnet, which had been responsible for mining over 700,000 euros worth of bitcoins (which have now been confiscated). There was also evidence found of other crimes committed, such as: fraud and distribution of copyrighted pornographic material. The full press release is in German but can be read here.

Bibtex

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   editor = {MalwareTech},
   author = {MalwareTech},
   title = {Infamous Skynet botnet author allegedly arrested},
   date = {05},
   month = Dec,
   year = {2013},
   howpublished = {\url{http://www.malwaretech.com/2013/12/infamous-skynet-botnet-author-allegedly.html}},
 }