Source: BBC News
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Criminals controlling millions of personal computers are threatening the internet's future, experts have warned. Up to a quarter of computers on the net may be used by cyber criminals in so-called botnets, said Vint Cerf, one of the fathers of the internet.
Technology writer John Markoff said: "It's as bad as you can imagine, it puts the whole internet at risk.".The panel of leading experts was discussing the future of the internet at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
