Botnet Attack Shuts Down Hospital Network
A California man, along with two minors, are facing felony charges after unleashing a botnet in January 2005 that resulted in shutting down the network of the intensive care unit at Northwest Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle. The hospitals computers, along with up to 50,000 others across the country, were used to make over $100,000 from adware affiliate programs.
The Seattle Times has the full story.