m00p group members arrested
Three members of virus-writing gang held.
Three members of a malware-writing group were arrested last month following
investigations in Finland and the UK. The three men - a 63-year-old
Englishman, a 28-year-old Scotsman and a 19-year-old from Finland - who are
believed to be members of the malware-writing group m00p, were arrested on
suspicion of sending trojans via spam.
According to the UK's Metropolitan Police: 'This highly organised group
[is] suspected of writing new computer viruses in order to avoid detection
by anti-virus products. They have been primarily targeting UK businesses
since at least 2005, and during this time thousands of computers are known
to have been infected across the globe.'
The three men are believed to have
been involved with the distribution of the Stinx trojan.
01 July 2006
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