Social Network Facebook has come to the aid of the Federal Bureau of Investigation bust an international criminal ring that infected 11 million computers around the world resulting in the loss of more than $850 million.
According to the FBI, 10 people from the UK, US, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, New Zealand, and Peru have been arrested following an operation to track the cyber-crime rings linked to multiple variants of the Yahos malicious malware.
Facebook's security team worked with the FBI after "Yahos" targeted its users from 2010 to October 2012.Yahos has infected computers via the Butterfly Botnet, which steals the user’s credit card, bank account, and other personal information.
Facebook’s security systems were able to detect affected accounts and provide tools to remove these threats.
