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Synthient
Coverage of Synthient in the Nexus archive.
Kimwolftopic2Jacob Butlerperson1Dorttopic1Ontario Provincial Policeorganization1FBIorganization1Department of Justiceorganization1Ottawaplace1U.S. Justice Departmentorganization1Department of Defense Office of Inspector General’s (DoDIG) Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS)organization1FBI Anchorage Field Officeorganization1Aisurutopic1JackSkidtopic1Mossadtopic1
- 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.
- Feds Disrupt IoT Botnets Behind Huge DDoS Attacks
The U.S., Canada, and Germany dismantled four IoT botnets named Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad, which were responsible for numerous DDoS attacks on IoT devices.