Parts of Internet Could Go Dark on March 8
On March 8, computers infected with a certain piece of malware may no longer be able to access the Internet.
In November of 2011, six Estonian nationals and one Russian national were charged with infecting more than four million computers with the DNSchanger malware.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, at least 500,000 of the infected computers were in the United States and included computers at U.S. government agencies such as NASA as well as educational institutions, non-profit organizations, commercial businesses and individuals.
The malware rerouted computers to specified websites and advertisements that resulted in fees being paid to the perpetrators. The malware also prevented users of infected computers from being able to install anti-virus software or operating system updates.