Organized Crime Uses "Bots" to Hijack PC's

Organized Crime has found a new way to use your own home computer as a weapon to help conduct their criminal activities. These criminals are turning home computers into "Bots."
Bot nets are created by injecting malicious code into various websites and spam e-mails. When a computer user gets infected they are immediately under the control of a bot herder.
A bot herder is a hacker who can control over a million infected computers and use them to launch attacks against other sites or businesses.
Bot herders are paid big money by other criminals, including some organized crime organizations, that use the network of robots to launch attacks.
“They've got millions computers that they can go in and place a trojan or malicious code, so the next time that person goes to their bank account, the criminal(s) can piggy back on them and steal money out of their bank accounts,” said Schiller.
“Organized crime has found a way to turn our little home appliance against us," said Craig Schiller a computer security expert at Portland State University.