Cybersecurity
FBI Probes Botnet Discovered Infecting Millions of Computers
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International law enforcement agencies are investigating what may be the largest documented botnet, a network of tens of millions of hijacked computers used to steal banking information, according to a security firm aiding the investigation.
The botnet, called Metulji, Slovenian for butterfly, is linked to the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars by a criminal gang based in Eastern Europe, including two people arrested last month in a joint operation in which the FBI joined in, said Karim Hijazi, chief executive officer of Wilmington, Delaware-based Unveillance LLC.