Kimwolf DDoS Botnet Operator Arrested in Canada Over DDoS-for-Hire Attacks

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the arrest of a Canadian man in connection with allegedly operating a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet known as Kimwolf.

In tandem, Jacob Butler (aka Dort), 23, Ottawa, Canada, has been charged with offenses related to the development and operation of the botnet. Kimwolf is assessed to be a variant of AISURU.

“Kimwolf targeted infected devices which were traditionally ‘firewalled’ from the rest of the internet, such as digital photo frames and web cameras,” the DoJ said. “The infected devices were enslaved by the botnet operators.”

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