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US cops wrap up RapperBot, one of world's biggest DDoS-for-hire rackets

Feds say Mirai-spawned botnet blasted 370K attacks before AWS and pals helped yank its servers RapperBot, a botnet-for-hire ...

Eugene man charged in connection with global hacking network

Ethan Foltz allegedly operated Rapper Bot,used in over 370,000 cyberattacks including one against Elon Musk’s X platform in ...
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Eugene man accused of running largest cyber attack in years

A Eugene man is facing federal charges, accused of running one of the largest cyber attacks in years.The U.S. Attorney's ...

Hacker behind “Rapper Bot” DDoS-for-hire Botnet which carried out over 370,000 attacks arrested

US Attorney Michael J. Heyman for the District of Alaska described Rapper Bot as “one of the most powerful DDoS botnets to ever exist.” The attacks measured up to three terabits per second, and in ...

Oregon man charged in cyberattacks reportedly targeting X, formerly Twitter and government networks

Ethan Foltz, 22, of Eugene allegedly ran "Rapper Bot" that reportedly targeted X and conducted over 370,000 cyberattacks worldwide.
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A 22-year-old Oregon man has been arrested on suspicion of operating “Rapper Bot,” a massive botnet used to power a service for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against targets — ...