Mariposa botnet shut down in Spain in major cyber-swoop
The brains behind what experts believe is the world’s biggest computer hacking scam were arrested by Spanish police after making a basic mistake — one forgot to disguise their computer IP address.


The Times, 3rd Mar 2010
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