How the butterfly botnet was broken
Summary
A joint operation by researchers from Canadian security firm Defense Intelligence and Spain's PandaLabs led to the arrest of three men in Spain earlier this month in connection with the Mariposa botnet.
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At its height, the Mariposa botnet consisted of about 13 million computers in 190 countries. A joint operation by researchers from Canadian security firm Defence Intelligence and Spain's PandaLabs, in conjunction with the FBI and the Guardia Civil, led to the arrest of three men in Spain earlier this month in connection with the Mariposa botnet.
The men, who had no specific computer training, are believed to have played a part in operating the command-and-control servers for the botnet, according to PandaLabs' technical director Luis Corrons, who spoke to ZDNet UK about 'Mariposa' — which means butterfly in Spanish — following the arrest of the three men.
For the complete question and answer session, read How the butterfly botnet was broken on ZDNet UK.
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