“A gang of cyber criminals using an army of infected computers made off with at least $220,000 worth of Bitcoins and other virtual currencies, security researchers said Monday.  The researchers from the security firm Trustwave said the heist was accomplished by a botnet of computers using malware that has been dubbed ‘Pony’. The Pony botnet has infected an estimated 700,000 people or computers, allowing the criminals to control those accounts.  The botnet stole 600,000 website login credentials, 100,000 email account credentials and other secure account information.”

http://phys.org/news/2014-02-cyber-thieves-blamed-bitcoin-heist.html

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