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Alleged Kimwolf Botmaster ‘Dort’ Arrested, Charged in U.S. and Canada
Canadian authorities on Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old Ottawa man on suspicion of building and operating Kimwolf, a fast spreading Internet-of-Things botnet that enslaved millions of devices for use in a series of massive distributed…
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Canadian police arrested a 23‑year‑old Ottawa resident suspected of creating and running the Kimwolf Internet‑of‑Things botnet, which was used in large DDoS attacks over the past six months. The suspect, identified as Jacob Butler, also known as “Dort,” faces criminal hacking charges in both Canada and the United States. A criminal complaint unsealed in an Alaska district court alleges he operated the botnet, and the arrest was made by the Ontario Provincial Police under a U.S. extradition warrant. Butler remains in Canadian custody awaiting a court hearing scheduled for early next week.
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