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12-20-2016, 02:00 PM
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'Biggest Ad Fraud Ever': Hackers Make $5M A Day By Faking 300M Video Views (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNEYY4Z7b-T4Xhu7mGImiWnhIT1rYA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=hEdZWMD5FtLP3AGs0I_4BQ&url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2016/12/20/methbot-biggest-ad-fraud-busted/)
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A group of Russian criminals are making between $3 million and $5 million every day in a brazen attack on the advertising market, security firm White Ops claimed today. It's the biggest digital ad fraud ever uncovered and perpetrated by faking clicks ...
Fraud detection firm outs $1b Russian ad-fraud gang and its robo-browsing Methbot (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNH_p8d30mg8G9dHNWaQyoy8x9vPVQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=hEdZWMD5FtLP3AGs0I_4BQ&url=http://www.networkworld.com/article/3152005/security/fraud-detection-firm-outs-1b-russian-ad-fraud-gang-and-its-robo-browsing-methbot.html)Network World
White Ops reports biggest ad fraud botnet found yet: 'Methbot' targeting high-CPM video inventory (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNEHR5H4A7GsxifW2KAuUcQ66UKT0A&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=hEdZWMD5FtLP3AGs0I_4BQ&url=http://marketingland.com/white-ops-reports-biggest-ad-fraud-botnet-found-yet-methbot-targeting-high-cpm-video-inventory-201371)Marketing Land
Russian 'methbot' fraud steals $180 million in online ads (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNG37JfLFhVOrpnCiiYMAOqqoKccnA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=hEdZWMD5FtLP3AGs0I_4BQ&url=http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/20/technology/ad-fraud-online-methbot/)CNNMoney

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