zombie master

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Noun

zombie master (plural zombie masters)

1. (computing, networking) A command and control center that guides and directs a zombie computer or zombie network.
   • 2013, Tom Chatfield, Netymology, From Apps to Zombies: A Linguistic Celebration of the Digital World, page 41:

     A "zombie computer" is one that, unknown to its owner, has been infected with malicious software that allows a distant "zombie master" to control it, along with potentially thousands of other machines similarly affected.