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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Facebook Helps FBI Catch Cybercriminals

By: Jeffrey Lapin

The FBI announced it has arrested 10 suspects from a number of countries in an alleged cybercriminal conspiracy that infected 11 million computers with banking fraud software. The alleged conspirators used "Yahos" malware, using the Butterfly Botnet, which gave access to credit card, bank and other personal information. The FBI alleges that this malware led to $850 million in losses. 

The FBI gave significant credit to Facebook’s security team for helping to track down these individuals.

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