[97394] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Dobbins)
Wed Jun 13 18:36:06 2007
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0706131443400.778@clifden.donelan.com>
From: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@cisco.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:35:07 -0700
To: nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Jun 13, 2007, at 11:49 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> BTW, 1 million compromised computers is probably a low estimate.
Besides the 'call your ISP for technical help' blunder, there's =20
actually more useful info, believe it or not, in the press release =20
linked in the article:
<http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel07/botnet061307.htm>
The FBI aren't claiming only 1 million infected machines, they're =20
saying that this particular sweep involves up to a million botted hosts.
It seems to me that the larger inference is that law enforcement are =20
taking the botnet problem more seriously, which is what a lot of =20
folks in the operational community have been advocating for a long =20
time. While one aspect of the messaging is questionable, it seems to =20=
me that active national-level LEO involvement in this problem-space =20
would be welcomed by many.
It's just a first step, and those are always the hardest to take.
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