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Teen used botnets to push adware to hundreds of thousands of PCs


A teenager identified by U.S. law enforcement officials only as "B.D.H." pleaded guilty this week to charges that he used botnets to illegally install adware on hundreds of thousands of computers in the U.S., including some belonging to the military. A statement from the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles announcing the teenager's plea calls him a "well-known juvenile member" of the botnet underground.

Officials said the teenager pleaded guilty to two counts of juvenile delinquency for conspiring to commit wire fraud, causing damage to computers and accessing computers without authorization to commit fraud. The teen is scheduled to be sentenced May 5. Under a plea agreement, he will receive a sentence ranging from one year to 18 months in prison. Teen used botnets to push adware to hundreds of thousands of PCs





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