Prosecutors said the network created by 22-year-old Ethan Foltz is "one of the most sophisticated and powerful DDoS-for-hire ...

22 岁的 Ethan Foltz 被指控自 2021 年以来开发了“ Rapper Bot ”僵尸网络，该网络由被恶意软件感染并被用于执行分布式拒绝服务（DDoS）攻击的设备组成，例如数字录像机和 WiFi 路由器 —— 这是一种通过发送大量请求使系统过载，从而减缓或关闭网站、服务器或其他设备的网络攻击类型。检察官表示，该网络是“ 目前存在最复杂和最强大的雇佣 DDoS 僵尸网络之一 ”。

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 ...

Ethan Foltz allegedly operated Rapper Bot,used in over 370,000 cyberattacks including one against Elon Musk’s X platform in ...

Alaska federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 22-year-old Oregon man with operating a wide-reaching and destructive botnet blamed for several years of cyberattacks, including one earlier this year ...

Authorities charged Ethan Foltz, 22, with one count of aiding and abetting computer intrusions. Police executed a search ...

A man in Oregon has been charged with operating a powerful botnet, known as the "Rapper Bot," that carried out cyberattacks ...

The control panel for the Rapper Bot botnet greets users with the message “Welcome to the Ball Pit, Now with refrigerator ...

The Rapper Bot network knocked out Elon Musk’s X social-media site earlier this year, cybersecurity researchers say.

Federal officials dismantled a massive botnet-for-hire operation linked to global cyberattacks and charged its alleged creator.

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

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 ...