Botnet targets major Web sites with junk SSL connection

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 More than 300 Web sites are being pestered by infected computers that are part of the Pushdo botnet, according to security researchers.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Twitter and PayPal are among the sites being hit, although it doesn't appear the attacks are designed to knock the sites offline, said Steven Adair, of The Shadowserver Foundation, a group that tracks botnets.

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