Scotland Yard and the case of the rent-a-zombies

Storied investigators ponder curious case of "hitman" PCs, Russian botnets, teen bedroom hackers and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

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[katamari]

Try IRC.

You can find all of these kiddies on IRC. All of them. Pick a network -- it doesn't matter. They exist on all the most prominent mainstream ones.

I keep wondering how it is governments can't seem to figure all of this out. It's all IRC-related, every little bit...

[katamari]

Try IRC.

You can find all of these kiddies on IRC. All of them. Pick a network -- it doesn't matter. They exist on all the most prominent mainstream ones.

I keep wondering how it is governments can't seem to figure all of this out. It's all IRC-related, every little bit...