Announced the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI adjust network of electronic crimes believed it had succeeded in stealing $ 850 million from users of the social networking site Facebook.
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According to the U.S. authorities managed network of electronic crimes targeting Facebook users over two years.
It is believed that the gang was using a network "botnets" to steal credit cards, bank accounts and other personal data of victims.
The Facebook deal with authorities to reveal the source of the attack and the identity of potential victims.
Raid houses
And called the name of botnets on a huge network of infected computers that allows hackers remote Electronic use.
In this case, been linked to 11 million units in the network botnets, through different versions of programs "Aahuiz".
Emergency teams were combating cyber crime in various countries around the world on the investigation of the case, including the British Agency for serious organized crime, Soka.
Soka reported in a statement that it carried out a raid in a house the Molise region, on Tuesday morning.
The man was arrested in the operation on charges of assault, according to the Computer Misuse Act before being released on bail.
No longer social networking in the world's largest Facebook apart from electronic crime gangs.
Among the most famous methods cybercriminals attempt to lure users to reveal their personal information such as password, or payment information.
And safety experts recommend computer users to exercise caution in the dissemination of their personal information on the social network, and to give privacy measures much attention. |
