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12-21-2016, 12:23 AM
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Methbot Scam Is Just the Tip of the Ad Fraud Iceberg (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNEYC7NS51K6RGmnYW-Decakx__-Yw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=ptlZWMmmFcO23AGblor4DA&url=http://fortune.com/2016/12/20/methbot-ad-fraud/)
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In what appears to be the largest digital advertising scam in history, a group of Russian hackers reportedly built a click-fraud machine that stole up to $5 million daily from top advertisers and publishers. But even that is just the tip of the iceberg ...
Report: $3-5M in Ad Fraud Daily from 'Methbot' (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNHH28o16gOUmC-91VhATFbojQhf6g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=ptlZWMmmFcO23AGblor4DA&url=https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/12/report-3-5m-in-ad-fraud-daily-from-methbot/)Krebs on Security
'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=ptlZWMmmFcO23AGblor4DA&url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2016/12/20/methbot-biggest-ad-fraud-busted/)Forbes
Russian Hackers Stole Millions From Video Advertisers, Ad Fraud Company Says (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNFrCzzsTi3N9Ai96qmW1dJMyYrxvw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=ptlZWMmmFcO23AGblor4DA&url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-hackers-stole-millions-from-video-advertisers-ad-fraud-company-says-1482272717)Wall Street Journal
AdAge.com (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNFbxSQ_xz4SJmOW1FknPSNAxUFNLA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=ptlZWMmmFcO23AGblor4DA&url=http://adage.com/article/digital/ad-fraud-scheme-cost-advertisers-3-million-day/307235/) -Dark Reading (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNFw3pFe6z_n2C3lsLxLhFtTEZRnsw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=ptlZWMmmFcO23AGblor4DA&url=http://www.darkreading.com/operations/russian-hackers-run-record-breaking-online-ad-fraud-operation/d/d-id/1327753) -CNNMoney (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNG37JfLFhVOrpnCiiYMAOqqoKccnA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=ptlZWMmmFcO23AGblor4DA&url=http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/20/technology/ad-fraud-online-methbot/) -White Ops (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_za&usg=AFQjCNGIER1ZVhwHnCecCk1sPdxz8OLfZg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779313289799&ei=ptlZWMmmFcO23AGblor4DA&url=http://go.whiteops.com/rs/179-SQE-823/images/WO_Methbot_Operation_WP.pdf)
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