Suspected Mariposa botnet mastermind goes on trial

A hacker, believed to have created the Mariposa botnet which compromised millions of computers across the globe, has gone on trial in Slovenia.

Matjaž Škorjanc, who is 26 years old, is believed by the authorities to be the hacker known as “Iserdo”, and was arrested in the city of Maribor, Slovenia two years ago.

Škorjanc’s arrest followed an international investigation by the FBI and Slovenian and Spanish police…

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