WIESBADEN (Reuters) – The Federal Criminal Police (BKA) is investigating cyber criminals who should have been infected with software up to 11,000 computer systems in over 90 countries. More than half of the affected systems have been in Germany, said a BKA spokesman on Tuesday in Wiesbaden. There had been reports of offenders in Germany. The investigation by the Attorney General’s Office Frankfurt lasted more, details could therefore not be disclosed.
Experts had managed to identify the so-called botnet and smash, said the spokesman. This was according to BKA a grouping a plurality of computers infected with malicious software. E-mail attachments or downloads would be used to generally, the spokesman said. The perpetrators could access this path on the computer and commit identity theft.
The computer owner concerned had been notified of your provider about the risks, said the spokesman. For more information on how to deal with such cases and aids for filing reports spend it on the side of the Federal and the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) ./ glb / DP / stk
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