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Computer cops arrest 19 in dawn ZBot raid

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police swooped on a number of addresses in a dawn-time raid in London. 15 men and four women, aged between 23 and 47 years old, were arrested. Police believe that the gang was responsible for stealing 6 million in the last three months. Hackers infected thousands of computers with a version of the Zbot family of malware. ZBot hijacks your computer, making it part of a criminal botnet. It also steals online banking passwords, making your computer part of the botnet. Hackers control thousands of compromised computers.”]

Source: https://grahamcluley.com/computer-cops-arrest-19-dawn-zbot-raid/

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