14 DAY TRIAL // The FBI started a powerful anti-botnet campaign and is willing to do anything possible in order to identify the attackers and prosecute them. Codenamed Operating 'Bot Roast', the case has already indicted 8 individuals in the United States, who where identified as potential botmasters. But, what's more important is that the FBI allies with the authorities outside the US in order to fight against the phenomenon and to identify the guilty attackers. According to Computerworld UK, the FBI and the New Zealand police raided the home of one of the greatest botmasters, who is suspected for attacks of about 10 million pounds.
Although the 18-year-old boy, who has been located in the province of Waikato, is investigated for numerous illegal activities, he hasn't been arrested by the police. "We've seized his computers and we'll be forensically analyzing them over the next few days," Detective Inspector Peter Devoy of the New Zealand Police told Computerworld.
The FBI has also published a press release on the official website, revealing the results of the Operation 'Bot Roast' and talking about the AKILL investigation. No less than 8 individuals have already been indicted, after they have been identified as botmasters owning large botnets used in web attacks.
"Authorities in New Zealand, working in collaboration with the FBI Philadelphia Office, conducted a search this week at the residence of an individual who goes by the cyber ID of AKILL. AKILL is believed to be the ringleader of an elite international botnet coding group that is responsible for infecting more than one million computers," the FBI mentioned in the statement.
Although no one has been arrested and the case is not yet closed, this is an obvious proof that the authorities are willing to try anything they can in order to stop the illegal activities on the web and protect the legal users. So, the next time you're planning to do something illegal on the web, just think that the next 'knock knock' on the door might be the police.