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.

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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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