FBI busts hacker nest dedicated to Android and Facebook exploits

The FBI has announced the shutdown of what it calls “a major computer hacker forum” that went by the name of Darkode.

Criminal charges were filed against 12 of the hackers in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Louisiana and Washington, D.C.

According to the FBI, the hacker forum was an invite-only space for hackers to exchange skills designed to infect computers around the world, with the goal being to later take control of those computers.

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