FBI tackles zombies: Operation Bot Roast

[zengrifter]

FBI tries to fight zombie hordes
The FBI is contacting more than one million PC owners who have had their
computers hijacked by cyber criminals.

June 14, 2007

The initiative is part of an ongoing project to thwart the use of hijacked home computers, or zombies, as launch platforms for hi-tech crimes.

The FBI has found networks of zombie computers being used to spread spam, steal IDs and attack websites.

The agency said the zombies or bots were "a growing threat to national security".

Signs of trouble

The FBI has been trying to tackle networks of zombies for some time as part of an initiative it has dubbed Operation Bot Roast.

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