Federal prosecutors in the US have charged an Oregon man for allegedly running a global botnet-for-hire operation called Rapper Bot that used hacked IoT devices to conduct large-scale distributed ...

Ethan Foltz, a 22-year-old man from Eugene, Oregon, has been charged with conducting large-scale DDoS attacks since 2021.

Overview Recently, US officials claimed to have successfully gained control of RapperBot, effectively curbing this powerful source of DDoS attacks. The operation pinpointed the key figure behind the ...

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

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

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 ...

Federal authorities have charged a 22-year-old Oregon man with operating one of the most powerful cyberattack networks ever ...

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

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

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