A major underground marketplace acting like an
eBay for criminals is selling access to more than 70,000 compromised
servers allowing buyers to carry out widespread cyber-attacks around the
world, security experts said on Wednesday.
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab, a global computer
security firm based in Moscow, said the online forum appears to be run
by a Russian speaking group. It offers access to hacked computers owned
by governments, companies and universities in 173 countries, unbeknownst
to the servers' legitimate owners.
Access goes for as little as $6 for a compromised server. Each comes
pre-equipped with a variety of software to mount denial-of-service
attacks on other networks, launch spam campaigns, illicitly manufacture
bitcoin currency or compromise online or retail payment systems, the
researchers said.
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Source: NBC News
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