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Malware, Ransomware and Botnets

Offenses of writing, spreading or using harmful software, including malware, ransomware, botnets, cryptojacking, denial of service and malicious advertising. An offense belongs here when the definition is harmful code or a flood of traffic. It excludes the fraud that tricks people into harming themselves. Entries placed here are Malware Distribution, Ransomware Extortion, Botnet Operation, Cryptojacking, Denial-of-Service Attack and Malvertising.

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ATM Jackpotting (FDIC OIG)
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ATM Jackpotting involves criminal actors accessing ATMs and placing malware software on the system
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Cryptojacking (Wikipedia)
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Cryptojacking is the act of exploiting a computer to mine cryptocurrencies, often through websites, against the user's will or while the user is unaware.
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Malvertising (Wikipedia)
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Malvertising (a portmanteau of "malicious software (malware) advertising") is the use of online advertising to spread malware.
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Ransomware (Wikipedia)
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Ransomware is a type of malware that takes the personal data of a victim hostage until a ransom is paid.
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Denial-of-Service Attack (Wikipedia)
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In computing, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is a cyberattack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to a network.
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Botnet Operation (Wikipedia)
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A botnet is a group of Internet-connected devices, each of which runs one or more bots. Botnets can be used to perform distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, steal data, send spam, and allow the attacker to access the device and its connection.
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18 U.S. Code section 1030 (Cornell LII)
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knowingly causes the transmission of a program, information, code, or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally causes damage without authorization, to a protected computer ;
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