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program called "Butterfly bot", which was also sold to various individuals and organisations. The goal of this malware program was to install itself on an uninfected PC, monitoring activity for passwords, bank credentials and credit cards. After that the malware would attempt to self-propagate to
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Florencio Carro Ruiz (alias: Netkairo) as the suspected leader of the DDP Team. Two additional arrests were made on 24 February 2010. Jonathan Pazos Rivera (alias: Jonyloleante) and Juan José Ríos Bellido (alias: Ostiator) were arrested on the suspicion of being members of DDP.
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750:[Mariposa Affair: Škorjanc Refuses to Defend Himself].
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in
Spanish) Bot", making it one of the largest known botnets.
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600:"UPDATE 1-Spain busts ring accused of infecting 13 mln PCs"
202:"FBI arrests 'mastermind' of Mariposa botnet computer code"
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872:. Slovenian Press Agency. 5 February 2015. Archived from
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The botnet was originally created by the DDP Team (
748:"Afera Mariposa: Škorjanc se ni želel zagovarjati"
838:"Mariposa botnet 'mastermind' jailed in Slovenia"
569:"13m users worldwide affected by Mariposa botnet"
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277:"Suspected 'Mariposa Botnet' creator arrested"
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579:from the original on 2 September 2022
252:from the original on 20 February 2011
172:and 10 months imprisonment and fined
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355:from the original on 19 October 2014
2260:Commission on Elections data breach
480:"Massive Mariposa botnet shut down"
214:from the original on 8 October 2021
460:from the original on 1 August 2010
416:from the original on 3 August 2010
375:"FBI says cyber mastermind nabbed"
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2420:Jeff Bezos phone hacking incident
758:from the original on 2 April 2015
728:from the original on 2 April 2015
698:. Washington, D.C. 28 July 2010.
521:from the original on 31 July 2010
308:Thompson, Matt (7 October 2009).
23:, discovered December 2008, is a
2993:Microarchitectural Data Sampling
2229:Ukrainian Power Grid Cyberattack
2137:Cyberterrorism attack of June 25
612:from the original on 4 June 2010
490:from the original on 10 May 2010
404:"The Mariposa/Butterfly Bot Kit"
402:Coogan, Peter (7 October 2009).
328:from the original on 9 July 2011
2341:2017 Ukraine ransomware attacks
2178:2014 JPMorgan Chase data breach
919:Analysis of the Mariposa botnet
898:from the original on 2021-10-08
754:(in Slovenian). 6 August 2012.
598:Larraz, Teresa (3 March 2010).
550:from the original on 2021-10-08
3435:Distributed computing projects
2173:2014 celebrity nude photo leak
446:Corrons, Luis (3 March 2010).
285:. 28 July 2010. Archived from
39:infected with the "Butterfly (
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2410:Bulgarian revenue agency hack
2188:Russian hacker password theft
631:Ragan, Steve (3 March 2010).
509:Krebs, Brian (4 March 2010).
185:'s operator Matjaž Škorjanc.
2544:Bangladesh Black Hat Hackers
2020:(publication of 2009 events)
1633:Kaminsky DNS cache poisoning
1377:(findings published in 2010)
238:Zerdin, Ali (28 July 2010).
2405:Baltimore ransomware attack
146:command-and-control servers
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2679:Tailored Access Operations
2326:WannaCry ransomware attack
2219:Ashley Madison data breach
2163:Anthem medical data breach
2080:PlayStation network outage
310:"Mariposa Botnet Analysis"
92:command-and-control server
52:Origins and initial spread
2415:WhatsApp snooping scandal
2280:Indian Bank data breaches
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104:denial-of-service attacks
33:denial-of-service attacks
2957:Speculative Store Bypass
2524:Ukrainian Cyber Alliance
2321:2017 Macron e-mail leaks
210:. London. 28 July 2010.
155:On 3 February 2010, the
150:denial-of-service attack
2331:Westminster data breach
2250:Bangladesh Bank robbery
2193:2014 Yahoo! data breach
2183:2014 Sony Pictures hack
2142:2013 Yahoo! data breach
2127:South Korea cyberattack
2029:Operation Olympic Games
2024:Australian cyberattacks
1354:US military cyberattack
1344:Cyberattacks on Georgia
1318:Cyberattacks on Estonia
546:. Reuters. 2010-03-02.
157:Spanish national police
2674:Syrian Electronic Army
2384:SingHealth data breach
2147:Singapore cyberattacks
2085:RSA SecurID compromise
1349:Sarah Palin email hack
380:The New Zealand Herald
61:Días de Pesadilla Team
2963:Lazy FP state restore
2747:Kristoffer von Hassel
2400:Sri Lanka cyberattack
2270:Vietnam Airport Hacks
2111:Operation High Roller
1489:Jeanson James Ancheta
98:Operations and impact
2909:Silent Bob is Silent
1969:Hacking in the 2010s
1323:Operation: Bot Roast
1231:Hacking in the 2000s
1185:Operation: Bot Roast
846:. 24 December 2013.
814:. 24 December 2013.
784:. 23 December 2013.
245:The Washington Times
131:Defence Intelligence
3450:Cybercrime in India
2843:SS7 vulnerabilities
2379:Atlanta cyberattack
2348:Equifax data breach
2106:Stratfor email leak
2055:Canadian government
2034:Operation ShadowNet
248:. Washington, D.C.
207:The Daily Telegraph
68:Nightmare Days Team
27:mainly involved in
3292:Petya and NotPetya
2921:ROCA vulnerability
2684:The Shadow Brokers
2610:Iranian Cyber Army
2536:persistent threats
2336:Petya and NotPetya
2300:2016 Bitfinex hack
2275:DCCC cyber attacks
2234:SWIFT banking hack
1286:Operation Firewall
1175:Man-in-the-browser
3430:Internet security
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3405:ZeroAccess botnet
2717:Mustafa Al-Bassam
2484:New World Hackers
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2075:Operation AntiSec
2039:Operation Payback
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575:. 10 March 2010.
573:Help Net Security
515:Krebs on Security
484:Help Net Security
448:"Mariposa botnet"
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2018:Operation Aurora
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