Cybercrime Investigator Case Analysis: Botnet Operation Disabled

Submit a 3 page analysis of your selected case study from the viewpoint of the career role you analyzed. Some things to consider when analyzing the details of your case include but are not limited to:
• From your career viewpoint, describe the responsibilities that you would have in investigating the case.
• Describe any potential boundary issues that might arise as you work alongside law enforcement and other professional practitioners on this case.
• Describe any ethical considerations or violations you must consider when working in this field.
• Identify resources you would employ in investigating the case and explain how you would use each one (i.e., social media, technologies, professional networking, etc.).
• Explain how a forensic psychology professional could manage the risk or assess the threat.
• Explain how a forensic psychology professional’s work could contribute to social change.
The career viewpoint should be a Cybercrime Investigator
Case Study, you can pull this from the FBI website.
(Botnet Operation Disabled) FBI Seizes Servers to stop Cyber Fraud
In an unprecedented move in the fight against cybercrime, the FBI has disrupted an international cyber fraud operation by seizing the servers that had infected as many as two million computers with malicious software. Botnets are networks of virus-infected computers controlled remotely by an attacker. They can be used to steal funds, hijack identities, and commit other crimes. The botnet in this case involves the potent Coreflood virus, a key-logging program that allows cyber thieves to steal personal and financial information by recording unsuspecting users’ every keystroke. Once a computer or network of computers is infected by Coreflood—infection may occur when users open a malicious e-mail attachment—thieves control the malware through remote servers. The Department of Justice yesterday received search warrants to effectively disable the Coreflood botnet by seizing the five U.S. servers used by the hackers. “Botnets and the cyber criminals who deploy them jeopardize the economic security of the United States and the dependability of the nation’s information infrastructure,” said Shawn Henry, executive assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch. “These actions to mitigate the threat posed by the Coreflood botnet are the first of their kind in the United States,” Henry noted, “and reflect our commitment to being creative and proactive in making the Internet more secure. “Now that we have interrupted the operation of the botnet servers, our cyber specialists can prevent Coreflood from sending stolen financial information to the cyber thieves. But victims’ computers still remain infected. That’s why we have been working closely with our private-sector partners. Anti-virus companies are developing updated signatures to detect and remove Coreflood. To disinfect Microsoft Windows-based systems—and to keep them virus free—users are encouraged to run anti-virus software and to keep their Microsoft Windows Updates current (see sidebar above). Victimized computers that have not been disinfected using anti-virus software updates will continue to attempt to contact the Coreflood botnet servers. When this happens, we will respond by issuing a temporary stop command to the virus and then alert that user’s Internet service provider (ISP), who will inform the customer that their computer is still infected. At no time will we be collecting any personal data from victim computers.