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Botmaster cops to four felonies

Posted by: ShadowPuterDude
Date: November 09, 2007 07:19PM
Under: Security

Security consultant controlled botnet from work

By Dan Goodin
Published Friday 9th November 2007 22:49 GMT

An American computer security consultant has agreed to plead guilty to four felony counts related to a series of schemes that used botnets to steal PayPal and online banking identities of Windows users and install malware on more than 250,000 machines.

John Kenneth Schiefer, 26, of Los Angeles, faces a maximum sentence of 60 years in federal prison and a fine of $1.75m, according to documents filed Friday in federal court. He pleaded guilty to accessing protected computers to conduct fraud, disclosing illegally intercepted electronic communications, wire fraud and bank fraud. [More...]

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