Facebook, Researchers Turn Up Heat on Koobface Gang
Five men are accused of creating the Koobface malware, but they may well be on the run now
By IDG News Service staff
January 18, 2012 — IDG News Service — The story "Facebook, researchers turn up heat on Koobface gang," posted Tuesday, contained a quote with the opposite sense to that intended by the speaker. The eighth paragraph of the original story (the ninth paragraph in the updated story) has been corrected on the wire. The corrected paragraph now reads:
"We had to wait to give law enforcement the chance to take action," Kollberg said.
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