An Arizona credit card processing company has warned its customers about a security breach caused by hackers that might allow its customers' Web server computers to be used in a DoS attack on other computers.
The company, Credit Card Billing LLC (CCBill) of Tempe, Ariz., reportedly advised its customers to change their passwords and search for bots called "eggdrop" that are designed to listen for instructions via an IRC channel, according to a Reuters report.
Once activated, the bots could swing into action, turning hacked Web servers into zombie-like drones that could be used to take down other Web sites.
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