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Suspected gang behind the $850 million Butterfly botnet arrested

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The FBI has announced that 10 individuals have been arrested, suspected of involvement in infecting 11 million computers with spyware that led to an alleged $850 million in losses.

The FBI is said to have worked in co-ordination with law enforcement agencies around the world on the investigation.

The suspected gang were arrested in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, New Zealand, Peru, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as international computer crime cops linked the individuals with the Yahos malware.