Russian Hacker Gang Vanishes Again 64
Arashtamere writes "The shadowy hacker and malware hosting network that only recently fled Russia to set up operations in China has now pulled the plug there and vanished yet again. An analyst at VeriSign's iDefense Labs unit said iDefense had tracked RBN's migration earlier in the week from servers based in Russia to ones running in China, after obtaining at least seven net blocks of Chinese IP addresses. As of Wednesday, RBN controlled 5,120 IP addresses assigned to Chinese service providers; known RBN clients were even seen using those addresses that day. But with its China move putting the spotlights of the media and the security community on the organization, RBN suddenly went offline on Thursday. 'They severed connections to six of the seven net blocks on November 8,' the analyst said. RBN as a single organization may be dead and gone; it may even now be breaking up into smaller pieces farmed out to multiple countries' Internet infrastructures."
Alternative Theory: Russian Mafia Groups (Score:5, Interesting)
As the Kremlin moves into cyberspace [slashdot.org], each KGB clique will want a "piece of the action" and has absorbed some alumni of the RBN. In the 21st century, even the Russian mafia needs an online presence.
Re:yeah? (Score:3, Interesting)
Being a botmaster looks alot like being a drug dealer, & that's what happens with drug dealers.
Re:Don't be so fast (Score:4, Interesting)
Curious... (Score:3, Interesting)
I imagine if you're having to go around that, it might slow things down a bit.
Re:Alternative Theory: Russian Mafia Groups (Score:2, Interesting)
Do you have an agenda or something?
Or are Poles so stuck in history that it's their new fetish now: ruining US/EU relationships with Russia?