Symantec Assists FBI-Led Takedown of 3ve Ad-Fraud Botnet
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world’s leading cyber security company, announced its intelligence assisted an FBI-led law enforcement takedown of cyber criminal rings responsible for a global ad-fraud botnet, resulting in the arrest of three individuals, five additional indictments, and the seizure of infrastructure associated with the 3ve ad-fraud scam.As part of their operations, the alleged fraudsters infected consumer devices across the globe to create a powerful network, allowing them to make money by routing fake internet traffic to advertisers.Symantec was part of an industry group which helped identify infrastructure used by the attackers, including up to 700,000 infected computers and over 1 million IP addresses.Organizations across the world look to Symantec for strategic, integrated solutions to defend against sophisticated attacks across endpoints, cloud and infrastructure.Likewise, a global community of more than 50 million people and families rely on Symantecs Norton and LifeLock product suites to protect their digital lives at home and across their devices.
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