We Know Who's Behind Storm Worm

jmason reminds us of a story from a few weeks back that got little attention, adding "This doesn't seem to be just bluster; as far as I can tell, everyone who knows the RBN now agrees that this seems likely." Brian Krebs's Security Fix blog at the Washington Post carried a story about the Storm worm containing some pretty staggering allegations. "Dmitri Alperovitch [of Secure Computing] said federal law enforcement officials who need to know have already learned the identities of those responsible for running the Storm worm network, but that US authorities have thus far been prevented from bringing those responsible to justice due to a lack of cooperation from officials in St. Petersburg, Russia, where the Storm worm authors are thought to reside. In a recent investigative series on cyber crime featured on washingtonpost.com, St. Petersburg was fingered as the host city for one of the Internet's most profligate and cyber-crime enabling operation — the Russian Business Network. Alperovitch blames the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the political influence of operatives within the Federal Security Service (the former Soviet KGB) for the protection he says is apparently afforded to cybercrime outfits such as RBN and the Storm worm gang. 'The right people now know who the Storm worm authors are,' Alperovitch said. 'It's incredibly hard because a lot of the FSB leadership and Putin himself originate from there, where there are a great deal of people with connections in high places.'"

If they know where it is originating from...

[bagboy]

why not blackhole the source IP blocks?

Re:INVADE - Alternative

[Anonymous Coward]

1. Provide RBN with Windows Vista
2. RBN gets slowed down repeatedly clicking "Da, continusky"
3. Battle over.

Re:Reminds me of the '20s in the US

[Anonymous Coward]

Ah, you know Snake's already been dropped in to take care the problem. Ocelot is probably slowing him down.

Re:News flash 100 years from now

[Teflon_Jeff]

In unrelated news, there are troubling reports of a new Storm Worm coming from mars. Random slashdot posts have appeared stating "In soviet Mars, The planet reddens YOU"

Agents are exploring a correlation. Slashdot has already modded them down as trolls.

Re:INVADE

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't doubt there are hitmen in St. Petersburg who could be hired to finish these folks off in a particularly gruesome way for what by Western standards would be quite modest payment.

Actually, it's difficult, expensive, and extremely dangerous to get hitmen to take out other mobsters. The mob tends to retaliate big time.

Perhaps we just need a well trained group of Jihadist Engineers [slashdot.org].

Recuiter: Eugeene. You body may die, but because of your selfless act your soul will rise to heaven where it will find a dedicated T1, and 74 well stocked BT peers.
Eugeene: Hot digity! Whose this Rus-sian Mofioso you want me to blow up?

I know who it was

[jrothwell97]

Mrs White didit, with the candlestick, in the drawing room.

(Or perhaps it was Mr Putin, with the laptop computer, in the server room.

Re:What's it like...

[Shados]

and having the world think you're a bunch of assholes

Well, technically in America we're familiar with at least THAT one too...

Re:maybe i'm on drugs

[Rogue Pat]

You mean like this [xkcd.com]?

Man, i need to get a life!! I start to recognize the xkcd cartoons by their number and smile before clicking on the link :/

Re:Surely You Jest

[Eunuchswear]

Can't seem to remember.