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9. Fortune last yr: "U.S. Takes Down Russian Botnet...

Reply to blondebanshee (Original post)

Wed May 23, 2018, 09:41 PM

May 2018

"U.S. Takes Down Russian Botnet Believed to Be Used in Election Hacking After Suspect Arrested in Spain"

April 10, 2017
http://fortune.com/2017/04/10/us-russian-kelihos-botnet/

I'm losing hope that ANYTHING we do will matter. We badly need different tactics.

Dialogue from Mississippi Burning:

"Anderson: These people are crawling out of the SEWER, MR. WARD! Maybe the gutter's where we outta be!"

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Exclusive: FBI Seizes Control of Russian Botnet [View all] blondebanshee May 2018 OP

Watch Drumpf defund this. n/t rzemanfl May 2018 #1

I wonder if the server was in the twitler building? kimbutgar May 2018 #2

Exactly....LOL iluvtennis May 2018 #6

GEEZ, Read this shite! Wwcd May 2018 #3

I recall reading a good 15 years ago bucolic_frolic May 2018 #4

There are hundreds of control domain names jberryhill May 2018 #5

This is a significant advance. Qutzupalotl May 2018 #7

It is Time for action against saidsimplesimon May 2018 #8

Fortune last yr: "U.S. Takes Down Russian Botnet... Duppers May 2018 #9

This is the best news I've heard in a long time Maraya1969 May 2018 #10