Complete Definition of "bot herd"

English
Noun
bot herd, also bot-herd

  1. internet A large collection of compromised systems exploited for malicious purposes.

Quotations
2005: So-called bot herds - networks of compromised PCs under the control of a malicious hacker - continue to be used as launch pads for other types of attack. — Hackers target net call systems BBC Online, 19 September 2005

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