FBI arrest six Estonian nationals for running a sophisticated Internet fraud ring that infected 4 millions of computers worldwide with a virus and enabled the thieves to manipulate the multi-billion-dollar Internet advertising industry.
The Case started on 2007,The cyber criminals infect 4 millions computer in more than 100 countries with a malware named as "DNS Changer" .There were about 500,000 infections in the U.S., including computers belonging to individuals, businesses, and government agencies such as NASA.
According to FBI report, they earned at least $14million through the Internet advertising.
Feds named the operation as "Operation Ghost Click". The Malware "DNS Changer' change the DNS settings of user. This results in redirecting clicks intended for site A to site B instead or or fraudulently convert adverts for service C into ads for service D.
For Example:
You enter "www.ehackingnews.com" in your browser.
But it will show the "www.breakthesecurity.com" page instead
"The six cyber criminals were taken into custody yesterday in Estonia by local authorities, and the U.S. will seek to extradite them.In conjunction with the arrests, U.S. authorities seized computers and rogue DNS servers at various locations. As part of a federal court order, the rogue DNS servers have been replaced with legitimate servers in the hopes that users who were infected will not have their Internet access disrupted."FBI report.
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