As well as roping in collaborators, most attackers use botnets: vast networks of virus-infected computers that obey secret commands from a faraway “bot-herder”.

除了拉上同盟者一同作战外，多数袭击者也会使用僵尸网络，即由众多受病毒感染的电脑组成的网络，这些受感染的电脑由“僵尸牧人”给秘密指令进行遥控。

Under his mentorship, they confessed and avoided prison by helping the FBI fight cybercrime, notably the new botnets based on their code.

在他的指导下， 他们通过帮助 FBI 打击网络犯罪，特别是基于他们的代码的新僵尸网络， 认罪并避免入狱。