Dutch police arrest 19-year-old accused of bot herding

Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested a 19-year-old man and his 16-year-old brother for running and selling a botnet.

The computer hacker is alleged to have built a botnet controlling 40,000 to 100,000 computers across the world. Authorities estimate that 1,100 of the hacked computers were based in the Netherlands.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation first started investigating the botnet and contacted Dutch authorities for assistance. The man was arrested on Thursday, and the arrest made public on Friday. Dutch Authorities as a rule don't release the names of suspecs for privacy reasons.