Suspected Mariposa Botnet Creator Arrested 95
mehemiah writes "The writer of the Mariposa Botnet has been arrested through international effort. The FBI said this arrest and the arrests of three alleged operators in February were the result of a two-year joint investigation into the Mariposa Botnet, which may have infected as many as eight million to 12 million computers around the world."
Re:And in related news ... (Score:3, Informative)
THATS THE JOKE
Re:And in related news ... (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Not much here yet... (Score:3, Informative)
He is a Slovenian citizen, he will be tried in Slovenia and yes Americans are no an über nation.
Also FBI claimed in its press release that THEY arested this man. I just point out that FBI agents have no jurisdiction in Slovenia, they were only guests of our police officers.
Re:Two years? (Score:3, Informative)
Not to mention countries that are rather unfriendly to the US and could really not give two shits if one of their citizens is masterminding a botnet that damages the americans.
For example, there was a Dateline investigation into online scammers. One of the crooknets that got busted moved to Iran. "Hey, we can move to a server in Iran! They can't touch us there!"
Re:Jail time (Score:3, Informative)
Yeah, most Americans seem to be A-OK with the concept of prison rape as a "bonus" to your incarceration, especially if you are guilty of a sex crime.
Many people have no understanding of "justice" and think it is indistinguishable from revenge.
Re:Two years? (Score:2, Informative)
We want our ISP to not store indefinite logs on us. But, wait, then how would Mariposa's creator have been discovered if it were not for detailed historical connection logs?
In order to catch the bad kids, you need to watch all the kids closely so you know who the bad kids are. The more you watch them, the more you can tell between the good kids and the bad kids. The less you're allowed to watch them, the more the bad kids are going to be able to get away with.
If you want freedom, then you have to accept that not all the bad kids will be caught, and when they do it's going to be a harder job for the enforcement folks to manage.
Freedom's a big scary place full of unfairness that no one can fix while retaining the freedom, because freedom means there's less authority to make it all fair.
All freedoms and protections from the police and authorities come with a corresponding reduction in the ability of those same people to protect you.
I'm not espousing more police powers, far from it, just saying that you need to know the price tag that comes with freedom.
'Cause it sure as hell ain't free. You've got to fight for it, and you've got to accept that it means the exact same freedoms for people you disagree with on stuff. And it makes it easier for people to do bad things, too.
But it's so totally worth it.