FBI warns hundreds of thousands of web users worldwide may lose access to the internet in July after massive hackers' advertising scam infects computers

Hundreds of thousands of people could lose access to the internet by July following a hackers' scam - and they don't even know it.


Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world.

In a highly unusual response, the FBI set up a safety net months ago using government computers to prevent Internet disruptions for those infected users. But that system is to be shut down.        More Read