Hackers Fight Rivals, FBI to Control Botnets

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Atlanta, GA | Posted: June 13, 2011

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When the FBI shut down the Russian-based Coreflood botnet in April, it marked the first time a U.S. law enforcement agency had thwarted a botnet by hijacking its command-and-control system, according to Wenke Lee (Computer Science). Source: Bloomberg News

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botnets, informatioin security, School of Computer Science, wenke lee
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  • Created By: Mike Terrazas
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  • Created On: Jun 13, 2011 - 10:12am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 11:08pm