[ Thanks to An
Anonymous Reader in Switzerla for this link. ]
“Security experts Finjan traced the giant network of
remotely-controlled PCs, called a botnet, back to a gang of cyber
criminals in Ukraine.“Several PCs inside six UK government bodies were compromised by
the botnet.“Finjan has contacted the Metropolitan Police with details of
the government PCs and it is now investigating.“A spokesman for the Cabinet Office, which is charged with
setting standards for the use of information technology across
government, said it would not comment on specific attacks “for
security reasons”.”
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