botnet hijacked by the good guys at least for an hour...

[vontreigo]

Nice read.

http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/05/researchers-hijack-botnet-score-56000-passwords-in-an-hour.ars

[PatrickB]

Thanks vontreigo, that was very interesting. The bottom line: The bad guys are out there; keep your computers updated and use good & different passwords for each online service you use.

-- Patrick B.

[TimeCode]

WOW!!! That's a wake-up call. Who wants to be part of a botnet?