Federal officials dismantled a massive botnet-for-hire operation linked to global cyberattacks and charged its alleged creator.

Ethan Foltz, 22, of Eugene, Oregon, is accused of running the sprawling network, also known as Eleven Eleven Botnet or CowBot ...

US Attorney Michael J. Heyman for the District of Alaska described Rapper Bot as “one of the most powerful DDoS botnets to ever exist.” The attacks measured up to three terabits per second, and in ...

Alaska federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 22-year-old Oregon man with operating a wide-reaching and destructive botnet blamed for several years of cyberattacks, including one earlier this year ...

Ethan Foltz, 22, of Eugene allegedly ran botnet that reportedly targeted X, formerly Twitter, plus US government networks and tech companies.

Federal authorities have charged a 22-year-old Oregon man with operating one of the most powerful cyberattack networks ever documented, capable of crippling major websites, including Elon ...

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

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

The US Department of Justice has announced the takedown of the RapperBot botnet and charges against its American ...

The Rapper Bot network knocked out Elon Musk’s X social-media site earlier this year, cybersecurity researchers say.

Foltz and his co-conspirators have been accused of monetizing RapperBot by providing paying customers access to a powerful ...

Ethan Foltz allegedly operated Rapper Bot,used in over 370,000 cyberattacks including one against Elon Musk’s X platform in ...