[2015-12-05] No Bitcoins Were Stolen Before Dorkbot Botnet Was Shut Down

[jdebunt]

Botnets pose a serious threat to online services and platforms all over the world. A typical botnet will comprise of a few ten thousand computers, but in some cases, they are much larger. Take the Dorkbot botnet, for example, which consisted of over 100,000 computers spread over 190 countries. Luckily for all of us, Dorkbot has been taken down by law enforcement and Microsoft.

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