Alleged Kimwolf Botmaster ‘Dort’ Arrested, Charged in U.S. and Canada

Canadian authorities arrested 23-year-old Jacob Butler, also known as 'Dort', for operating the Kimwolf botnet that infected millions of IoT devices and launched massive DDoS attacks exceeding 30 Terabits per second. Butler faces criminal charges in both Canada and the United States, with the botnet's infrastructure seized in March alongside three other competing DDoS botnets. The arrest followed Butler's harassment campaigns against security researchers and victims whose financial losses exceeded one million dollars.