Current Affairs Czech specialists uncover malicious botnet targeting individual internet users, small businesses

16-02-2010 14:11 | Jan Velinger

Czech security experts announced on Monday they had uncovered a global botnet network allowing hackers to steal private information by tapping private modems and other computer devices. The viral network, dubbed “Chuck Norris” after the brawny Hollywood star, was used to gain everything from banking passwords to personal info. It is only the second time Czech experts have seen such a system in use, saying on Monday that individual users and small businesses were at the greatest risk.

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