-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a new zealand teenager has been questioned in connection with a scheme by hackers to remotely take over more than 1 million computers worldwide and use them for criminal activity , new zealand police and the fbi said thursday . city officials are trying to determine what caused bricks to fall nine stories from the facade of a vacant building in downtown cleveland , crushing a minivan that was parked below . cleveland fire officials say bricks along the top of the former national city bank building collapsed and showered down onto the street and sidewalk just after 4 p.m. monday but no one was injured . cleanup of the area was underway on tuesday . fbi director robert mueller says botnets are `` the weapon of choice for cyber criminals . '' the fbi has identified at least 2.5 million unsuspecting computer users who have been victims of so-called `` botnet '' activity . hackers install viruses , worms and other attack programs that allow them to take over the computers and use them to commit cyber crimes . by . francesca infante . and luke salkeld . scroll down for video . crushed : bricks fell from the top of a building in cleveland on monday afternoon crushing a car below . freak accident : cleveland fire spokesman larry gray told local media the falling bricks might have been a ` freak accident ' and said that the building was not under construction . published : . 21:14 est , 31 march 2013 . | . updated : . 04:23 est , 1 april 2013 . it was supposed to be a period drama to rival downton abbey . but viewers hoping for an upbeat easter sunday 's viewing were presented with misery , depression and violence . episode one of the village on bbc was voted a miss by twitter users and seems unlikely to match the success of itv 's stately home series . industry numbers suggest there are as many as 5 million infected computers . the fbi tracked down the teen and believes the 18-year-old , known by the cyber alias `` akill , '' was the ringleader of an international botnet group know as the `` a-team , '' responsible for infecting more than 1 million computers . authorities seized computer equipment and questioned the teen , said new zealand police detective inspector peter devoy , but the person has not been identified , arrested or charged . watch how botnet attacks occur '' internet addresses and information furnished by the fbi led to the teenager , devoy told cnn . scroll down for video . maxine peake and john simm , second left , star in the village , which debuted last night amid criticism from viewers . viewers claimed the corporation had badly misjudged its sunday night scheduling with the period drama set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . many were so irritated with the persistent gloom that they switched off altogether . one viewer , zoe , wrote : ` do n't think i can watch any more of the village -- want to end the week on a high not a low . ' sharing her view sarah , another twitter user , said : ' i do n't need my drama to be all hearts and flowers and happy endings but i struggle with unrelenting grimness in the village . ' in the first hour , the show dubbed a ` misery-fest ' by many commenting online , contained scenes of domestic violence , crops failing , alcoholism , canings in school and the protagonist 's elder brother being packed off to war . a third viewer , kirsty bramley , tweeted : ` the village is depressing viewing for a sunday evening . not sure if i 'll tackle the next episode . it 'll all end in tears . ' there was some praise on the social media website however for john simm , who plays drunken wife-beater john middleton . written by bafta-winner peter moffat , the village charts the life and turbulent times of an english community over the decades . the village was supposed to be a period drama to rival itv 's downton abbey . `` today , botnets are the weapon of choice for cyber criminals , '' said fbi director robert mueller in a statement . `` they seek to conceal their criminal activities by using third-party computers as vehicles for their crimes . '' personal computers can be compromised when users open an attachment , click on an advertisement or give personal information to a `` phishing '' site , or a fake site that looks legitimate . the fbi advises users to protect themselves by updating their anti-virus software , installing a firewall , using non-common passwords and avoiding suspicious e-mail attachments and advertisers ' links . in 2005 the fbi launched operation bot roast to combat botnet attacks , which the bureau estimates have caused $ 20 million in losses and theft , including one scheme that bilked a midwest financial institution out of millions . since june , eight people have been charged or convicted of crimes related to botnet activity . between january and june , symantec corp. , a leading computer security company , detected more than 5 million bot-infested personal computers carrying out at least one attack a day , according to the company 's september report . that was a 17 percent decrease form the previous reporting period , according to symantec , which said hackers appeared to be abandoning the technique because of strengthened security and law enforcement initiatives . china had the most infected computers at 29 percent , followed by the united states at 13 percent , symantec reported . however , 43 percent of the servers used by hackers to operate the hijacked computers were located in the united states , symantec said . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's kevin bohn contributed to this report . residents of the picturesque peak district villages in which it is filmed are hopeful it will attract ` coach loads ' of tourists . cobbled streets and buildings from the picturesque villages of hayfield , edale , chapel-en-le-frith and old glossop were all used . jill nagy , 46 , landlady of the george hotel in hayfield , derbyshire , said : ` we 're all very excited about the village . ` i 'm hoping it will provide a boost for the town and encourage coach loads of tourists . ' juliet stevenson and maxine peake also star in the six-part series . officials said the area would remain closed as crews cleaned up and investigators determined if other bricks from the building could fall . the building and minivan were unoccupied at the time of the collapse , and no injuries were reported . cleveland fire spokesman larry gray told local media the falling bricks might have been a ` freak accident . ' cleveland fire department spokesman larry gray said that no construction or renovations were being done on the building at the time of the accident , reports cleveland.com . ' i could n't even comprehend what was happening . i just heard bam ! it was like the largest explosion i ever heard , ' said witness andre dimarco who delivers food in the area . drivers and pedestrians are encouraged to avoid the area , police said . the driver of the car has not been identified . look down below ! : bricks fell from the top of this building on monday afternoon and officials are trying to find out why and how the accident occurred . shattered : luckily no one was injured during the accident but this minivan below the building was destroyed . bam ! : witness andre dimarco said the bricks falling sounded like ` the loudest explosion he 's ever heard '
corporation 's latest period drama is dubbed a ` misery-fest ' by twitter users . first hour contained domestic violence , alcoholism and caning in schools .
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a new zealand teenager has been questioned in connection with a scheme by hackers to remotely take over more than 1 million computers worldwide and use them for criminal activity , new zealand police and the fbi said thursday . city officials are trying to determine what caused bricks to fall nine stories from the facade of a vacant building in downtown cleveland , crushing a minivan that was parked below . cleveland fire officials say bricks along the top of the former national city bank building collapsed and showered down onto the street and sidewalk just after 4 p.m. monday but no one was injured . cleanup of the area was underway on tuesday . fbi director robert mueller says botnets are `` the weapon of choice for cyber criminals . '' the fbi has identified at least 2.5 million unsuspecting computer users who have been victims of so-called `` botnet '' activity . hackers install viruses , worms and other attack programs that allow them to take over the computers and use them to commit cyber crimes . by . francesca infante . and luke salkeld . scroll down for video . crushed : bricks fell from the top of a building in cleveland on monday afternoon crushing a car below . freak accident : cleveland fire spokesman larry gray told local media the falling bricks might have been a ` freak accident ' and said that the building was not under construction . published : . 21:14 est , 31 march 2013 . | . updated : . 04:23 est , 1 april 2013 . it was supposed to be a period drama to rival downton abbey . but viewers hoping for an upbeat easter sunday 's viewing were presented with misery , depression and violence . episode one of the village on bbc was voted a miss by twitter users and seems unlikely to match the success of itv 's stately home series . industry numbers suggest there are as many as 5 million infected computers . the fbi tracked down the teen and believes the 18-year-old , known by the cyber alias `` akill , '' was the ringleader of an international botnet group know as the `` a-team , '' responsible for infecting more than 1 million computers . authorities seized computer equipment and questioned the teen , said new zealand police detective inspector peter devoy , but the person has not been identified , arrested or charged . watch how botnet attacks occur '' internet addresses and information furnished by the fbi led to the teenager , devoy told cnn . scroll down for video . maxine peake and john simm , second left , star in the village , which debuted last night amid criticism from viewers . viewers claimed the corporation had badly misjudged its sunday night scheduling with the period drama set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . many were so irritated with the persistent gloom that they switched off altogether . one viewer , zoe , wrote : ` do n't think i can watch any more of the village -- want to end the week on a high not a low . ' sharing her view sarah , another twitter user , said : ' i do n't need my drama to be all hearts and flowers and happy endings but i struggle with unrelenting grimness in the village . ' in the first hour , the show dubbed a ` misery-fest ' by many commenting online , contained scenes of domestic violence , crops failing , alcoholism , canings in school and the protagonist 's elder brother being packed off to war . a third viewer , kirsty bramley , tweeted : ` the village is depressing viewing for a sunday evening . not sure if i 'll tackle the next episode . it 'll all end in tears . ' there was some praise on the social media website however for john simm , who plays drunken wife-beater john middleton . written by bafta-winner peter moffat , the village charts the life and turbulent times of an english community over the decades . the village was supposed to be a period drama to rival itv 's downton abbey . `` today , botnets are the weapon of choice for cyber criminals , '' said fbi director robert mueller in a statement . `` they seek to conceal their criminal activities by using third-party computers as vehicles for their crimes . '' personal computers can be compromised when users open an attachment , click on an advertisement or give personal information to a `` phishing '' site , or a fake site that looks legitimate . the fbi advises users to protect themselves by updating their anti-virus software , installing a firewall , using non-common passwords and avoiding suspicious e-mail attachments and advertisers ' links . in 2005 the fbi launched operation bot roast to combat botnet attacks , which the bureau estimates have caused $ 20 million in losses and theft , including one scheme that bilked a midwest financial institution out of millions . since june , eight people have been charged or convicted of crimes related to botnet activity . between january and june , symantec corp. , a leading computer security company , detected more than 5 million bot-infested personal computers carrying out at least one attack a day , according to the company 's september report . that was a 17 percent decrease form the previous reporting period , according to symantec , which said hackers appeared to be abandoning the technique because of strengthened security and law enforcement initiatives . china had the most infected computers at 29 percent , followed by the united states at 13 percent , symantec reported . however , 43 percent of the servers used by hackers to operate the hijacked computers were located in the united states , symantec said . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's kevin bohn contributed to this report . residents of the picturesque peak district villages
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a new zealand teenager has been questioned in connection with a scheme by hackers to remotely take over more than 1 million computers worldwide and use them for criminal activity , new zealand police and the fbi said thursday . city officials are trying to determine what caused bricks to fall nine stories from the facade of a vacant building in downtown cleveland , crushing a minivan that was parked below . cleveland fire officials say bricks along the top of the former national city bank building collapsed and showered down onto the street and sidewalk just after 4 p.m. monday but no one was injured . cleanup of the area was underway on tuesday . fbi director robert mueller says botnets are `` the weapon of choice for cyber criminals . '' the fbi has identified at least 2.5 million unsuspecting computer users who have been victims of so-called `` botnet '' activity . hackers install viruses , worms and other attack programs that allow them to take over the computers and use them to commit cyber crimes . by . francesca infante . and luke salkeld . scroll down for video . crushed : bricks fell from the top of a building in cleveland on monday afternoon crushing a car below . freak accident : cleveland fire spokesman larry gray told local media the falling bricks might have been a ` freak accident ' and said that the building was not under construction . published : . 21:14 est , 31 march 2013 . | . updated : . 04:23 est , 1 april 2013 . it was supposed to be a period drama to rival downton abbey . but viewers hoping for an upbeat easter sunday 's viewing were presented with misery , depression and violence . episode one of the village on bbc was voted a miss by twitter users and seems unlikely to match the success of itv 's stately home series . industry numbers suggest there are as many as 5 million infected computers . the fbi tracked down the teen and believes the 18-year-old , known by the cyber alias `` akill , '' was the ringleader of an international botnet group know as the `` a-team , '' responsible for infecting more than 1 million computers . authorities seized computer equipment and questioned the teen , said new zealand police detective inspector peter devoy , but the person has not been identified , arrested or charged . watch how botnet attacks occur '' internet addresses and information furnished by the fbi led to the teenager , devoy told cnn . scroll down for video . maxine peake and john simm , second left , star in the village , which debuted last night amid criticism from viewers . viewers claimed the corporation had badly misjudged its sunday night scheduling with the period drama set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . many were so irritated with the persistent gloom that they switched off altogether . one viewer , zoe , wrote : ` do n't think i can watch any more of the village -- want to end the week on a high not a low . ' sharing her view sarah , another twitter user , said : ' i do n't need my drama to be all hearts and flowers and happy endings but i struggle with unrelenting grimness in the village . ' in the first hour , the show dubbed a ` misery-fest ' by many commenting online , contained scenes of domestic violence , crops failing , alcoholism , canings in school and the protagonist 's elder brother being packed off to war . a third viewer , kirsty bramley , tweeted : ` the village is depressing viewing for a sunday evening . not sure if i 'll tackle the next episode . it 'll all end in tears . ' there was some praise on the social media website however for john simm , who plays drunken wife-beater john middleton . written by bafta-winner peter moffat , the village charts the life and turbulent times of an english community over the decades . the village was supposed to be a period drama to rival itv 's downton abbey . `` today , botnets are the weapon of choice for cyber criminals , '' said fbi director robert mueller in a statement . `` they seek to conceal their criminal activities by using third-party computers as vehicles for their crimes . '' personal computers can be compromised when users open an attachment , click on an advertisement or give personal information to a `` phishing '' site , or a fake site that looks legitimate . the fbi advises users to protect themselves by updating their anti-virus software , installing a firewall , using non-common passwords and avoiding suspicious e-mail attachments and advertisers ' links . in 2005 the fbi launched operation bot roast to combat botnet attacks , which the bureau estimates have caused $ 20 million in losses and theft , including one scheme that bilked a midwest financial institution out of millions . since june , eight people have been charged or convicted of crimes related to botnet activity . between january and june , symantec corp. , a leading computer security company top of this building on monday afternoon and officials are trying to find out why and how the accident occurred . shattered : luckily no one was injured during the accident but this minivan below the building was destroyed . bam ! : witness andre dimarco said the bricks falling sounded like ` the loudest explosion he 's ever heard '
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' sharing her view sarah, another twitter user, i do n't need my drama all hearts flowers happy endings struggle unrelenting grimness in the village. ' in the first hour, the show dubbed a ` misery-fest by many commenting online, contained scenes domestic violence crops failing, alcoholism canings in school the protagonist 's elder brother packed off war a third viewer, kirsty bramley tweeted ` the village depressing viewing for a sunday evening. not sure 'll tackle the next episode. it 'll all end tears. ' there some praise on however for john simm, who plays drunken wife-beater john middleton. written bafta-winner peter moffat, the village charts turbulent an english community over. the village was supposed a period drama to rival itv 's downton abbey. `` today, botnets the weapon, '' fbi director robert mueller. `` they seek conceal third-party computers as vehicles. 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-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a new zealand teenager has been questioned in connection with a scheme by hackers to remotely take over more than 1 million computers worldwide and use them for criminal activity , new zealand police and the fbi said thursday . city officials are trying to determine what caused bricks to fall nine stories from the facade of a vacant building in downtown cleveland , crushing a minivan that was parked below . cleveland fire officials say bricks along the top of the former national city bank building collapsed and showered down onto the street and sidewalk just after 4 p.m. monday but no one was injured . cleanup of the area was underway on tuesday . fbi director robert mueller says botnets are `` the weapon of choice for cyber criminals . '' the fbi has identified at least 2.5 million unsuspecting computer users who have been victims of so-called `` botnet '' activity . hackers install viruses , worms and other attack programs that allow them to take over the computers and use them to commit cyber crimes . by . francesca infante . and luke salkeld . scroll down for video . crushed : bricks fell from the top of a building in cleveland on monday afternoon crushing a car below . freak accident : cleveland fire spokesman larry gray told local media the falling bricks might have been a ` freak accident ' and said that the building was not under construction . published : . 21:14 est , 31 march 2013 . | . updated : . 04:23 est , 1 april 2013 . it was supposed to be a period drama to rival downton abbey . but viewers hoping for an upbeat easter sunday 's viewing were presented with misery , depression and violence . episode one of the village on bbc was voted a miss by twitter users and seems unlikely to match the success of itv 's stately home series . industry numbers suggest there are as many as 5 million infected computers . the fbi tracked down the teen and believes the 18-year-old , known by the cyber alias `` akill , '' was the ringleader of an international botnet group know as the `` a-team , '' responsible for infecting more than 1 million computers . authorities seized computer equipment and questioned the teen , said new zealand police detective inspector peter devoy , but the person has not been identified , arrested or charged . watch how botnet attacks occur '' internet addresses and information furnished by the fbi led to the teenager , devoy told cnn . scroll down for video . maxine peake and john simm , second left , star in the village , which debuted last night amid criticism from viewers . viewers claimed the corporation had badly misjudged its sunday night scheduling with the period drama set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . many were so irritated with the persistent gloom that they switched off altogether . one viewer , zoe , wrote : ` do n't think i can watch any more of the village -- want to end the week on a high not a low . ' sharing her view sarah , another twitter user , said : ' i do n't need my drama to be all hearts and flowers and happy endings but i struggle with unrelenting grimness in the village . ' in the first hour , the show dubbed a ` misery-fest ' by many commenting online , contained scenes of domestic violence , crops failing , alcoholism , canings in school and the protagonist 's elder brother being packed off to war . a third viewer , kirsty bramley , tweeted : ` the village is depressing viewing for a sunday evening . not sure if i 'll tackle the next episode . it 'll all end in tears . ' there was some praise on the social media website however for john simm , who plays drunken wife-beater john middleton . written by bafta-winner peter moffat , the village charts the life and turbulent times of an english community over the decades . the village was supposed to be a period drama to rival itv 's downton abbey . `` today , botnets are the weapon of choice for cyber criminals , '' said fbi director robert mueller in a statement . `` they seek to conceal their criminal activities by using third-party computers as vehicles for their crimes . '' personal computers can be compromised when
 The article discusses the recent cyber attacks and hacking incidents that have affected various organizations and individuals worldwide. It highlights the increasing threat of cybercrime, with hackers using sophisticated methods to gain unauthorized access to computer systems and steal sensitive information. The FBI has identified a group of hackers responsible for a series of high-profile attacks, including one that compromised over 1 million computers worldwide. Law enforcement agencies are working together to combat cybercrime, but it remains a significant challenge.