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Forum Security-X => News => Discussion démarrée par: igor51 le août 19, 2025, 23:01:19
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Oregon Man Charged in ‘Rapper Bot’ DDoS Service
A 22-year-old Oregon man has been arrested on suspicion of operating "Rapper Bot," a massive botnet used to power a service for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against targets -- including a March 2025 DDoS that knocked Twitter/X offline. The Justice Department asserts the suspect and an unidentified co-conspirator rented out the botnet to online extortionists, and tried to stay off the radar of law enforcement by ensuring that their botnet was never pointed at KrebsOnSecurity.
Source: Oregon Man Charged in ‘Rapper Bot’ DDoS Service (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/08/oregon-man-charged-in-rapper-bot-ddos-service/)