Mariposa botnet beheaded

[PrntRhd]

Spanish authorities have detected and stopped a huge botnet operation and arrested 3 Spaniards:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/02/mariposa_botnet_takedown/

[Paul Komski]

Interesting and good news.

There is also a fuller article (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEC_BOTNET_BUSTED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-03-02-14-26-32) linked to in that one that also shows why infected thumb drives and P2P file sharing can be so hazardous.