Botherders are taken down in Quebec.
From PC World (via Yahoo):
Quebec provincial police conducted raids on Wednesday, breaking up a hacking ring that police say is responsible for an estimated CDN$45 million (US$44.3 million) in damage to computer systems.
The hackers installed remote-controlled “botnet” software on victims’ computers in order to run phishing and spamming operations, said Capt. Frederick Gaudreau, of the Surete du Quebec, in a videotaped press conference posted to the police agency’s Web site. “The hackers managed to install botnets on the victims’ computers, which permitted them to control at a distance the victims’ computers,” he said. “These said computers were then used to attack Web sites in order to steal victims’ data.”
If convicted of computer hacking charges, the accused could face 10 years in prison, he said.
Great job by the Surete and RCMP. Apparently this is just the tip of the iceberg. Look for more arrests to come out of this story.
[tags]Quebec Hackers, Quebec Botnet, Botherders, Surete, RCMP[/tags]