FBI Agents Bust 'botmaster'

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FBI Agents Bust 'botmaster'

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Scarlett View Member Profile	Nov 5 2005, 12:15 PM Post #1
Bleeping GloDiva Group: Members Posts: 7,479 Joined: 25-April 04 From: As always I'm beside myself ;) Member No.: 228	<img src='/images/misc/hacker3.jpg' style='float:right' vspace='8' hspace='8'> <b>LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- A 20-year-old man accused of using thousands of hijacked computers, or "bot nets," to damage systems and send massive amounts of spam across the Internet was arrested on Thursday in what authorities called the first such prosecution of its kind.<br /> <br /> </b><br /><br />Friday, November 4, 2005; Posted: 3:18 p.m. EST (20:18 GMT)<br /> <br /> Jeanson James Ancheta, who prosecutors say was a well-known member of the "Botmaster Underground" -- or the secret network of computer hackers skilled at bot attacks -- was taken into custody after being lured to FBI offices in Los Angeles, said U.S. Attorney's spokesman Thom Mrozek.<br /> <br /> <br /><br /> <div class='newslinks'><img src='http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/style_images/1/cs_page.gif'> <b>Link: <a href='http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/11/04/crime.botmaster.reut/index.html' target='_blank'><font color='red'>Full story at CNN.com</font></a><br />

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