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The Koobface network is apparently down, according to Facebook. Ryan McGeehan, Facebook security official, told Reuters that the company’s decision to expose the five men alleged to be behind the malware had had an effect within 24 hours: “The thing that we are most excited about is that the botnet is down.” Yesterday, Facebook decided to publish the names of alleged gang members based on details of research carried out in 2009-2010 by two German researchers. One of the researchers works for Security company Sophos, which pre-empted Facebook’s announcement by publishing the report.
