ANATOMY OF THE ATTACK: Diagram showing the typical structure of a Botnet computer network. Microsoft and the FBI launched a major assault on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings, taking down at least 1,000 malicious networks known as the Citadel Botnets. - Reuters
AMSTERDAM/BOSTON: Europol said a global effort led by Microsoft Corp to stop one of the world's biggest cybercrime rings has succeeded in wiping out the malicious computer networks that the gang used, known as the Citadel Botnets.
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit, with help from authorities in more than 80 countries, on Wednesday cut off the servers controlling as many as 5 million infected PCs that belonged to the Citadel cyber crime operation, which is believed to have stolen more than US$500mil (RM1.5bil) from bank accounts over the past 18 months.
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