A few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing your Internet connection this summer. A few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing your Internet connection this summer.
Hundreds of thousands of people could
lose access to the internet by July following a hackers' scam - and
they don't even know it.
Unknown
to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an
online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the
world.
In a highly unusual response, the FBI
set up a safety net months ago using government computers to prevent
Internet disruptions for those infected users. But that system is to be
shut down.
