Alleged 'Botmaster" Held WIthout Bond
An AP newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
A man has been ordered held without bond on charges of spreading electronic viruses so he could gain control over military and other computers and sell access to hackers and spammers.
Authorities in California say Jeanson James Ancheta, 20, also downloaded adware programs onto some 400,000 of the infected computers, or "botnets," in order to profit from the placements.
Ancheta, who was arrested last week, pleaded not guilty Monday in federal court. Trial was set for Dec. 27.
posted by Fergie @ 11/09/2005 06:03:00 AM
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