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A standard hacker group would have working safeguards in order to remain in control. Nobody wants his carefully created botnet taken over by someone else.
by DasIch 15y ago
A standard hacker group would have working safeguards in order to remain in control. Nobody wants his carefully created botnet taken over by someone else.
- canistr 15y agoObviously each group would try, but that doesn't guarantee perfect success every time. Afterall, if every botnet were perfect, then they would never be discovered by researchers and taken down by authorities.
- DasIch 15y agoThere is a significant difference between identification of a botnet and listening into communication, controlling it or even taking it down. Especially the latter can be impossible to do legally if you don't manage to shut down however is controlling it. In any case this doesn't matter because the government would have to put these safe guards in place. They cannot not implement them simply because someone might suspect the government behind it if it is detected.
- rhizome 15y agoAfterall, if every botnet were perfect, then they would never be discovered by researchers and taken down by authorities. They rarely are.