http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38175302
- One of the world's biggest networks of hijacked computers has been dismantled after a four-year investigation
- The Avalanche network was used to target online bank customers with phishing and spam emails
- Five people have been arrested
- The operation searched 37 premises and seized 39 servers, supported by investigators from 30 countries
- The network was estimated to involve as many as 500,000 infected computers worldwide
- Victims have been identified in over 180 countries
- Damages in Germany alone ran to 6m euros ($6.4m; £5m)
- Estimates of losses worldwide are in the hundreds of millions of euros, but exact figures are difficult to estimate
Reveals the problems with cyber-security and the issues with privacy online. It also reveals how easy it is to actually infect someones computer or the ease to come into contact with viruses, therefore shows the cyber issues and the negative effects of online security.
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