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Dutch police and net security organisations have teamed up to dismantle
many of the command and control servers associated with the Bredolab botnet.

The Bredolab Trojan, which has spyware components that allow criminals
to capture bank login details and other sensitive information from
compromised machines, has infected an estimated 30 million computers
worldwide since its emergence in July 2009.

Infected machines remain pox-ridden but the command system associated
with the cybercrime network has been decapitated, following an operation
led by hi-tech police in The Netherlands.

The Dutch Forensic Institute NFI, net security firm Fox-IT and
GOVCERT.NL (the Dutch computer emergency response team) assisted in the
operation which involved the takedown of 143 servers associated with the
botnet. Fox-IT used the botnet itself to alert infected victims that
there was a problem with their machines, directing them to a notice here.

The command systems were hired by unidentified cybercrooks from hosting
provider LeaseWeb, which co-operated in the dismantling of the botnet.

Ref: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10...tnet_takedown/

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