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110: Spam Botnets

Darknet Diaries

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The Cutwell Botanet

The botanets were once again at full steam, but they were also in the cross hairs of some determined people who wanted to take them down. Successfully taking down a botanet is as much about tactics and strategy than anything else. Researchers need to bide their time, do their home work, and identify the botanet's weakest points. It's not a game of chass where authorities have to make a move or wait for the bot master to make theirs. The best attack is a coordinated, world wide sudden strike on multiple levels to cut the botnet away from the bot master. That year, spam botanists were sending an average of a hundred and 50 billion

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