Bank Info Security
2 years, 1 month ago
US Sanctions Chinese National for Running 911 S5 Botnet
Treasury Department Says Botnet Users Committed Fraud, Made Bomb ThreatsThe U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned Chinese national Yunhe Wang for his role in directing the 911 S5 botnet, which uses hacked residential computers as proxies and is often used to commit fraud. The government also sanctioned a co-conspirator and a real estate business associate.