Notorious computer hacker identified and arrested, authorities say

[madmom]

Source: Washington (CNN)

A computer hacker responsible for creating and operating a massive scam that infected as many as 12 million computers worldwide has been identified and arrested, authorities said Wednesday.

The FBI said in a news statement a 23-year-old Slovene known as "Iserdo" was arrested last week for his role in a cyber scam that stole passwords from websites and financial institutions. Authorities believe the Slovenian citizen is responsible for creating and selling the Mariposa botnet.

Botnets are a network of computers infected with a malicious kind of robot software which allow remote access, often without the owner's knowledge.

Police suspect this particular botnet was built with a computer virus known as the "Butterfly Bot," the news statement said. It was designed to steal computer users' credit card and bank information, launch a denial of service attacks and spread viruses.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/28/computer.hacker.arrested/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

[rateyes]

1. If he's responsible, I hope

he gets life in prison.

[roguevalley]

2. you and me both

[opihimoimoi]

3. In a Peruvian Prison...they noes how to deal with assholes...