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An Oregon man has been charged on allegations of operating a botnet for hire that conducted cyberattacks since 2021.
Prosecutors said the network created by 22-year-old Ethan Foltz is "one of the most sophisticated and powerful DDoS-for-hire ...
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 allegedly operated Rapper Bot,used in over 370,000 cyberattacks including one against Elon Musk’s X platform in ...
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 was charged by federal prosecutors in Alaska for carrying out large-scale cyberattacks on U.S. government ...
An Oregon man was charged in a federal complaint on Tuesday for allegedly leading large-scale cyberattacks across dozens of countries.
Federal officials dismantled a massive botnet-for-hire operation linked to global cyberattacks and charged its alleged creator.
A Eugene man is facing federal charges, accused of running one of the largest cyber attacks in years.The U.S. Attorney's ...
The Rapper Bot network knocked out Elon Musk’s X social-media site earlier this year, cybersecurity researchers say.
Now, an Oregon man-Ethan Foltz, 22-has been accused of being behind the powerful botnet. How powerful and destructive was it?
Ethan Foltz, 22, of Eugene, Oregon, is accused of running the sprawling network, also known as Eleven Eleven Botnet or CowBot ...