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BBC programme builds 22,000-strong botnet

BBC programme builds 22,000-strong botnet

A team of journalists and security experts from the BBC have purchased a botnet containing more than 22,000 infected PCs.The network was constructed as part of an investigation into cyber crime by the television programme Click. The BBC said that it obtained access to the infected systems by purchasing information from cyber criminals in chat rooms.


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