BotNets – a very real threat

The BBC has been able to acquire software and gain control of over 22,000 computers. In their test they ordered the computers under their control to send spam messages to two mailboxes – within hours the mailboxes began to fill up with junk mail. They also managed to launch a DDOS (distributed denial of service) attack. See the full story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/7932816.stm