‘Internet Blackout’ Set for July 9 : FBI to ‘Pull Plug’ on 350,000 Virus-Infected Machines
Published on April 27, 2012 by admin · No Comments- Machines infected with virus being ‘kept alive’ by FBI
- Operation costing so much FBI will ‘pull plug’ on 9 July
- 350,000 PCs infected, mostly private individuals
- 80,000 victims in U.S., 20,000 in UK
On 9 July this year, the internet will suddenly ‘turn off’ for thousands of users around the world.
Around 350,000 PC users have machines infected with an invisible, undetectable ‘Trojan’ computer virus called DNSChanger, which sends users of the Web to unintended – and sometimes illegal – sites.
When the FBI detected the infection they set up ‘surrogate’ servers to keep the infected PCs working – but it’s costing so much that they intend to ‘pull the plug’ on 9 July.
Around 350,000 PC users have machines infected with an invisible, undetectable ‘Trojan’ computer virus called DNSChanger, which sends users of the Web to unintended – and sometimes illegal – sites
‘If we just pulled the plug on their criminal infrastructure, the victims were going to be without internet service,’ said Tom Grasso, an FBI agent talking to Fox News.
According to RT Network, servers function by translating traditional website URLs to their ‘numeric counterpart.’
But computers with the Trojan, which originally emerged in Estonia, will send users to fraudulent websites.
And, if the FBI shuts off their emergency servers, millions of people could potentially be without Internet.
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