The controversial BBC purchase of a botnet and modifying the infected hosts in the name of public interest sparked a lot of debate on the pros and cons of their action. Let s take a peek inside the BBC Chimera Botnet [zdnet.com] offered for rent by a Russian Cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) vendor. The discussion shifted from technical to moral and legal debate, leaving a single question unanswered.
Source: https://threatpost.com/inside-bbcs-chimera-botnet-033009/72458/