Security News > 2017 > July > British Hacker Admits Using Mirai Botnet to DDoS Deutsche Telekom (The Hackers News)
2017-07-25 03:07
An unnamed 29-year-old man, named by authorities as "Daniel K.," pleaded guilty in a German court on Friday to charges related to the hijacking of more than one Million Deutsche Telekom routers. According to reports in the German press, the British man, who was using online monikers "Peter Parker" and "Spiderman," linked to domains used to launch cyber attacks powered by the notorious Mirai
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