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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 ...

“Rapper Bot” malware seized, alleged developer identified and charged

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced charges against the alleged developer and administrator of the "Rapper Bot" DDoS-for-hire botnet.

Prosecutors charge Rapper Bot administrator after targeting X and thousands more

One of the most high-profile victims was X Inc. (formerly Twitter), which was targeted by Rapper Bot on March 10. The attack caused intermittent outages across the social network, with a ...

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 ...

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 — ...