by FastNetMon | May 25, 2026 | FastNetMon Blog
Canadian authorities have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of operating the KimWolf IoT DDoS-for-hire botnet as part of a coordinated international investigation involving Canada, the United States, and Germany. The suspect, Jacob Butler (alias “Dort”), is accused...
by FastNetMon | Apr 16, 2026 | FastNetMon Blog
A coordinated international law enforcement action supported by Europol has targeted the global DDoS-for-hire ecosystem, identifying more than 75,000 users involved in launching attacks. The operation, part of the ongoing Operation PowerOFF initiative, brought...
by FastNetMon | Apr 14, 2026 | FastNetMon Blog
Thai authorities have arrested a 27-year-old German national suspected of operating major DDoS-for-hire platforms, following a multi-year international investigation involving European law enforcement and INTERPOL. The suspect, identified as Noah Christopher, was...
by FastNetMon | Sep 11, 2025 | FastNetMon Blog
Researchers from the University of Cambridge’s Security Group recently published important findings on the effectiveness of global law enforcement actions against DDoS-for-hire services, also known as booters. Their study, Assessing the Aftermath: the Effects of a...
by FastNetMon | Aug 19, 2025 | FastNetMon Blog
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a 22-year-old Oregon man for operating RapperBot, a large-scale botnet-for-hire that powered more than 370,000 DDoS attacks between April and August 2025. Built on tens of thousands of compromised IoT devices, the botnet was...
