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Canadian man arrested, charged for running KimWolf DDos botnet

·Source: The Record

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Executive Summary

In court documents unsealed on Thursday, the Justice Department said Jacob Butler ran KimWolf as a DDoS-for-hire service that infected over a million devices worldwide.

Analysis

In court documents unsealed on Thursday, the Justice Department said Jacob Butler ran KimWolf as a DDoS-for-hire service that infected over a million devices worldwide.
Source Attribution

Originally published by The Record on May 22, 2026.

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