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The Mariposa botnet had the power to dwarf Georgia and Estonia cyberattacks if it had been used to launch denial of service attacks, say Spanish police. Months of investigations by the Guardia Civil in Spain, the FBI and security firm Panda Security and Defence Intelligence led to the takedown of the 12.7 million strong zombie …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Joke

    More botnets to take down...

    ... particularly these objectionable ones, with millions of PCs held in their evil grasp:

    MSN

    Twitter

    Facebook

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Gates Horns

      RE: More botnets to take down...

      You missed the most obvious one - windows!

      People usually get infected at work and as a result, when they buy a new PC they actually ASK for it to be installed for them...

  2. Anonymous Coward
    FAIL

    Well said

    The man with no friends!

  3. tom 71
    Paris Hilton

    twitter is jealous

    Many beautiful young ladies want to follow me but twitter bans them every time.

  4. Anonymous Coward
    FAIL

    Are they using a 50p mic from Escom?

    Are they using a 50p mic from Escom?

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