Orchestrators behind 13 million PCs based Mariposa botnet are arrested

As it became known, Spanish authorities eliminated the world's largest botnets infiltrated more than half of the Fortune 1000 companies, having arrested three of the ringleaders of the the botnet, named Mariposa.

The alleged haven’t been identified by name, but they're described as Spanish citizens with no criminal records whose internet names and ages were "netkairo," 31; "jonyloleante," 30; and "ostiator," 25.

The Mariposa botnet, injured about 13 million PCs, has been known since late 2008 and has rolled out to more than 190 countries. The investigation of the botnet commenced in the spring of 2009.

Tuesday, Scott Charney, Microsoft Vice President of Trustworthy Computing, told attendees of the RSA security conference the corporate and government organizations will be able to control the botnet risk having professional IT employees.