Last Updated on January 27, 2020 by Christopher G Mendla
According to the FBI press release, over 1 million computers have been identified as being controlled by Bot herders.
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june07/botnet061307.htm
we’ve identified about 1 million computers across the country that have
been compromised.
This is the number of infected computers identified as the result of 1 investigation. The number is staggering. However, we still see business and home users that are unable to adequately protect their machines and unwilling to hire professionals to do so.
The issue is truly one of national security. There have been numerous stories in the past about foreign countries and groups probing and testing. With control of a million computers, it would be possible to cause untold economic damage. We are becoming highly dependant on computer systems and the internet for our day to day activities and commerce.
The perpetrators need to be made examples of. A long term in a dismal (not white collar crime) federal prison would serve as a warning to others. Of course, when domestic bot herders are reduced, the offshore operators will continue to operate..