Canadian Man Arrested for Operating Kimwolf Botnet
Jacob Butler, 23, has been arrested in Canada and US authorities are seeking his extradition on computer hacking charges. The post Canadian Man Arrested for Operating Kimwolf Botnet appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The US Justice Department announced on Thursday that a Canadian man has been arrested for operating the recently disrupted Kimwolf DDoS botnet.
The suspect, 23-year-old Jacob Butler of Ottawa, known online as ‘Dort’, is accused of administering the botnet and has been charged in the US on one count of aiding and abetting computer intrusion.
Butler has been arrested in Canada and the US is seeking his extradition. If found guilty, he faces up to 10 years in prison.
Source: https://www.securityweek.com/canadian-man-arrested-for-operating-kimwolf-botnet/
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