Security News > 2017 > December > Two Hackers Plead Guilty to Creating & Using Mirai Botnet for Massive DDoS Attacks
2017-12-13 16:48
The U.S. federal officials have arrested two hackers who have pleaded guilty to computer-crimes charges for creating and distributing Mirai botnet that crippled some of the world's biggest and most popular websites by launching the massive DDoS attacks last year. According to the federal court documents unsealed Tuesday, Paras Jha and Josiah White were indicted by an Alaska court last week on
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