Like any other network, Storm is merely a tool. Granted, that tool was used mostly to build itself, but it can now be used for anything any other network can be used for.
Cracking encrypted files.
Assembling databases of anything, such as:
CAPTCHA images and their associated responses.
Data on people to such as, what they own, when & where they vacation, etc. For whatever use, direct theft, extortion, kidnapping, murder....
Remember that a huge net is a supercomputer, and that such a use of compromised machines may not leave any tracks of damage--it can be used for anything--if it's just used to crunch numbers or collect public data or similar work, then it will remain unseen.
If the results of such crunching are used for a single purpose, there may never be any traces.
The capabilities of subverting machines have barely been scratched at this point.
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