FBI arrests Zombie pusher
07:56 - Friday 4 November 2005 by From the Web
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: fbi, zombie, arrest Category : Miscellaneous
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: fbi, zombie, arrest Category : Miscellaneous
The FBI has arrested a 20-year-old man from Los Angeles for profiting from adverts pushed to compromised computers on a zombie network. Jeanson James Ancheta attacked computers to gain remote access in order to create a zombie network. He was then paid for installing adware on the network and sending spam through it.
Read the complete story here. (PCPro)
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