Facebook Takes Down Greek Bitcoin-Stealing Botnet That Hit 250,000 Computers

Facebook has managed to take down a Greek botnet that used social media networks to spread malware, infecting 250,000 computers which were used to mine cryptocurrencies as well as stealing bitcoins, email passwords and banking details. The Lecpetex botnet ran from December to last month, and at its peak, compromised almost 50,000 Facebook accounts, whereby users would receive a spam Facebook ...

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