> Facebook said it had found 10 networks, some of which it had previously identified publicly.

I think this is the more important bit, I don't know how they prevent abuse by the same network again. These guys can just manufacture new identities.

908087's reply is dead but should not be. As someone who ran bots since they were simply macros this is exactly what is done.

If you find a botnet you can assume they have an additional ~50% or greater 'clean' accounts on standby for exactly this situation. These become easier to obtain over time via purchasing or black hatting accts, etc. The longer you run undetected the longer you have to stockpile clean accts as you know its simply a matter of time.

I would imagine if 100% of your revenue depends on it you'd be even more prepared.

I know back in the Diablo 2 days some of us were friendly with blizdevs who would warn us of impending banwaves, upcoming updates to server code and whatnot. I'm quite sure the same still applies today only at a far larger scale since back then online communication was still young.

Anyways all this to say if they are experienced and know its coming they wont be down for long, if at all.

Or switch to the ones they've already manufactured for this purpose.

My thoughts exactly, it will take a dedicated organization less than a day to re-create 3500 accounts

> single bot will make those in several weeks

Minutes!

but did you see the headline? it was an entire global array!