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Eugene man charged in connection with global hacking network

Ethan Foltz allegedly operated Rapper Bot,used in over 370,000 cyberattacks including one against Elon Musk’s X platform in ...
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US cops wrap up RapperBot, one of world's biggest DDoS-for-hire rackets

Feds say Mirai-spawned botnet blasted 370K attacks before AWS and pals helped yank its servers RapperBot, a botnet-for-hire ...

Hacker behind “Rapper Bot” DDoS-for-hire Botnet which carried out over 370,000 attacks arrested

According to the criminal complaint, just between April 2025 and today, Rapper Bot was used in 370,000 attacks against 18,000 ...
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Eugene man accused of running largest cyber attack in years

A Eugene man is facing federal charges, accused of running one of the largest cyber attacks in years.The U.S. Attorney's ...

“Rapper Bot” malware seized, alleged developer identified and charged

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced charges against the alleged developer and administrator of the "Rapper Bot" DDoS-for-hire botnet.
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RapperBot Botnet Disrupted, American Administrator Indicted

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

Oregon man charged in cyberattacks reportedly targeting X, formerly Twitter and government networks

Ethan Foltz, 22, of Eugene allegedly ran "Rapper Bot" that reportedly targeted X and conducted over 370,000 cyberattacks worldwide.
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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 — ...