Thursday, 12. March 2009

BBC team exposes cyber crime risk


Software used to control thousands of home computers has been acquired online by the BBC as part of an investigation into global cyber crime.

The technology programme Click has demonstrated just how at risk PCs are of being taken over by hackers.

Almost 22,000 computers made up Click's network of hijacked machines, which has now been disabled.

bbc.co.uk zdnet.com

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