Topic: Serious crime unit flags Virgin botnet infections

[Simon]

The Serious Organised Crime Agency has helped Virgin Media spot 1,500 customers whose computers had been compromised with a bank password-stealing trojan.

Virgin Media worked with SOCA for several months on tracking down infected customers, and has now written to subscribers who have been infected with the SpyEye trojan to warn them of the dangers.

The ISP stressed that it wasn't tracking users or monitoring their connections, and said the infections had actually been spotted by SOCA in its ongoing investigations into botnets.

Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/368125/serious-crime-unit-flags-virgin-botnet-infections

[Clive]

I sometimes think we are losing the battle against cybercrime but it's good to know there are occasional victories.   

[Simon]

Indeed.

[Rik]

I just wish there were a few more.