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One alleged bad guy down, perhaps -- but many more to go, if security experts are right.

A federal grand jury has charged Leni de Abreu Neto for his alleged involvement in a ring responsible for maintaining, leasing and selling a botnet (define), a network of hijacked computers often used to send spam. According to the indictment, Neto, who is originally from Brazil, used a botnet consisting of more than 100,000 computers worldwide. The indictment, which was returned by a jury in New Orleans, said Nordin Nasiri, a resident of the Netherlands, created the botnet. It also alleges that between May and July, Neto agreed to help Nasiri sell the network and its source code to an unspecified third party for 25,000 Euros -- about $40,000. The United States government is seeking to extradite Neto from the Netherlands, where he's currently being held with Nasiri for their role in the botnet. However, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), which is leading the efforts against Neto, has not sought to indict Nasiri. DoJ spokespeople declined to say how the United States got involved in the case, or why Nasiri is not being charged. RELATED ARTICLES Zombies Still Haunt Windows PCs Four Bot Herders Get Put Out To Pasture Is The Storm Worm Finally Blowing Over? Storm Worm Gathers Strength on The Internet Brace Yourself for the Beijing Olympics For more stories on this topic: "Nasiri is being prosecuted by the Dutch, and all I can say about the extradition proceedings is that they're under way," DoJ spokesperson... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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