Botnet Hijacking Steals 70GB of Data


	Botnet Hijacking Steals 70GB of Data

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5-6-2009 12:58 AM

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Researchers from the the University of California, Santa Barbara recently hijacked the Torpig botnet and observed 70GB of data collected by the malware over a 10 day period.

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