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Cool use of the botnet's capabilities against itself But no arrests announced? I wish the people responsible for this were made an example of, as opposed to be
by yafbum 3y ago
Cool use of the botnet's capabilities against itself
But no arrests announced? I wish the people responsible for this were made an example of, as opposed to being basically free to start over (it seems).
- whimsicalism 3y agoThey are probably outside of US jursidiction and also seizing servers is much easier than catching a cybercriminal who actually knows how to cover their tracks.
- hnburnsy 3y agoThis feels like the fire department congratulating it self for putting out fires instead of capturing the arsonist.
- simpleuser27 3y agoIsn't that exactly what the fire department should be doing? I don't understand the criticism, could you explain why you view this in a negative light?
- rurp 3y agoArresting people is a pretty core part of the FBI's job.
- simpleuser27 3y agoThis seems needlessly critical. If the fire department puts out a fire, it seems like most people would consider that a good use of resources. In this case, the comments seem irrationally critical, to the point of being unconstructive.
- I_Am_Nous 3y agoI think the point they are trying to make is that there will still be fires started by the arsonist, so celebrating a single fire being put out while the arsonist is likely busy trying to start another fire looks bad. Even though, as you point out, the Fire Department isn't going to be making any arrests for arson, that's the Police Department's job. I'm not sure the analogy applies perfectly anyway, since it was "only" a single "fire" in which "only" 700,000 victims were affected.
- maximinus_thrax 3y ago> This feels like the fire department congratulating it self for putting out fires instead of capturing the arsonist. Do firefighters perform law enforcement duties in your jurisdiction?
- 0xDEF 3y agoMost of the large-scale botnet and ransomware activities are operating out of Russia. Not exactly a country that is going to collaborate with US law enforcement.
- hnburnsy 3y agoYes where are the arrests or elimiation of the threat. There are 17 three letter agencies listed in Wikipedia entry for DNI. Couldn`t one of them worked to `take care` of this botnet operator?
- paxys 3y ago> Couldn`t one of them worked to `take care` of this botnet operator? Unless they want to start a war with Russia, probably not.
- mrguyorama 3y agoRussia, North Korea, Iran, and the other places that harbor cybercrime enterprises rarely agree to extradition.