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"A 22-year-old man from the U.S. state of Oregon has been charged with allegedly developing and overseeing a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)-for-hire botnet called RapperBot. (tldr.nettime.org)

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"A 22-year-old man from the U.S. state of Oregon has been charged with allegedly developing and overseeing a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)-for-hire botnet called RapperBot.

Ethan Foltz of Eugene, Oregon, has been identified as the administrator of the service, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said. The botnet has been used to carry out large-scale DDoS-for-hire attacks targeting victims in over 80 countries since at least 2021.

Foltz has been charged with one count of aiding and abetting computer intrusions. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. In addition, law enforcement authorities conducted a search of Foltz's residence on August 6, 2025, seizing administrative control of the botnet infrastructure."

https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/doj-charges-22-year-old-for-running.html

#CyberSecurity #CyberCrime #Botnet #DDoS

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[–] hologram@cyberplace.social 2 points 4 months ago

@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org
Interesting - he's not the only

[–] garbados@friend.camp 2 points 4 months ago

@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org stay winning, oregon