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

Ethan Foltz, 22, of Eugene allegedly ran "Rapper Bot" that reportedly targeted X and conducted over 370,000 cyberattacks worldwide.

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced law enforcement agents raided the home of Ethan Foltz of Eugene, Oregon, who was ...

According to the Justice Department, the botnet's firepower typically averaged 2-3 Tbps per attack, with RapperBot's largest attack allegedly exceeding 6 Tbps. A DDoS attack averaging over 2 Tbps per ...

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 ...

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

Since at least 2021, the federal government says, the "Rapper Bot" DDoS-for-hire botnet launched "large-scale cyber attacks." ...

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

Ethan Foltz was charged by federal prosecutors in Alaska for carrying out large-scale cyberattacks on U.S. government ...

Federal authorities have charged a 22-year-old Oregon man with operating one of the most powerful cyberattack networks ever documented, capable of crippling major websites, including Elon ...

Federal prosecutors have charged a 22-year-old Oregon man with operating a vast network of hacked ... The network, known as Rapper Bot, was operated by Ethan Foltz of Eugene, Ore., the prosecutors ...