Russian Authorities Arrest Owner of Botnet Made of 4.5 million Computers

Dermot7 · Jun 25, 2012

A 22-year-old Russian has been apprehended by authorities on suspicion of running a botnet, based on banking Trojans, that may very well be the largest in the world.

According to Russia’s Interior Ministry, the cybercriminal, known on the hacking scene as “Hermes” or “Arashi”, has managed to gain around 150 million rubles ($4.5 million or 3.6 million EUR).

The botnet, analyzed by Russian security firm Dr. Web, was formed of 4.5 million computers, but experts estimate that the total number of infected devices was around 6 million.
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