FBI Dismantles ‘Ghost Click’ Hacking Ring

The FBI has dismantled an international cybercrime ring that allegedly hijacked millions of computers in an online scam netting them up to $14 million (£8.8 million). Now the US agency is warning that computer users who have tried to access websites such as Apple’s iTunes and Amazon.com could be infected…

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FBI: Malware Ring Busted

MYFOXNY.COM – Authorities have arrested and charged six people from Estonia in an elaborate Internet fraud malware operation that infected millions of computers, including some at NASA and other U.S. government agencies, according to federal authorities. The Estonian police and border guard arrested Vladimir Tsastsin, 31, Timur Gerassimenko, 31, Dmitri…

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Operation Ghost Clicks Nabs DNSChanger Malware Ring

SymbolPriceChangeAAPL395.28-10.95AMZN211.22-6.77DELL14.80-0.79GOOG600.95-11.39MSFT26.20-0.96{“s” : “aapl,amzn,dell,goog,msft”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} As a result of a two-year FBI Investigation: Operation Ghost Click, on November 8, 2011, six Estonian nationals were arrested by Estonian authorities and charged in a seven-count federal Indictment with running an Internet fraud ring that infected millions of computers…

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