Be Excellent To Each Other

So it seems that

US authorities and the NCA have seized a major criminal network, over 15k of which are in the UK. The Gameover Zeus strain will kill us all carry on unless people take "immediate" action.

Read the full BBC story here.

The NCA site getsafeonline.org seems to be hammered at the moment so I have no idea what to do other than run around my house in a panic with my pants on my head.

Joking aside it is nice to see that the authorities have managed to take a botnet down, will be interesting to see it it helps get people taking their own security a little more seriously.

Slightly Green! I was thinking of you not posting the other day. You should post more, we like your posts.

I dont get the two weeks deadline though?

Yeh that had me confused also, bit odd.

And thanks Mimi, glad you like my posts but tbh I am a professional lurker, mainly due to having nothing of any worth to add to the threads.

Isn't it just an estimate as to how long people should have before the gang regroups?

Apparently the Feds have control of the Botnet and will tell people affected that they're affected. Infected. Both of the 'fects'

What are the effects of the affects and infections?

We're fect

2 weeks? Is that all? I've only just bought an SSD and Windows 8! What a waste of mine.

Or could this be a cunning viral marketing campaign for Cybergeddon the TV series (they are just a few years off with the marketing), which I have never heard of before now but will probably take a look at.

They don't know that. I might get hit by a bus.

I have it on good authority that you will get hit by a bus. You have two weeks to take immediate action.

Hmmm, my attempt at satirising the useful warning in the initial story may have come across a bit creepy. I am not planning to kill Craster, nor am I looking at him right now from the window of my little bus.

I see you, fucker!

Lasermink getting ready for C Day