A young man from Oregon has been charged with developing and managing the RapperBot DDoS-for-hire botnet that targeted victims across 80+ countries. The operation included extensive law enforcement efforts to seize control and dismantle the malicious network. #RapperBot #DDoSForHire
Keypoints
- Ethan Foltz is accused of running the RapperBot network used for large-scale DDoS attacks.
- The botnet primarily infected DVRs and Wi-Fi routers using brute-force SSH or Telnet attacks.
- RapperBot is capable of launching attack volumes exceeding 6 Tbps and also mined Monero cryptojacking.
- Over 45,000 infected devices worldwide were identified, with more than 370,000 attacks conducted.
- The investigation was part of the international Operation PowerOFF to dismantle DDoS-for-hire services.
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