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Mirai Co-Author Gets 6 Months Confinement, $8.6M in Fines for Rutgers Attacks
2018-10-26 20:36

The convicted co-author of the highly disruptive Mirai botnet malware strain has been sentenced to 2,500 hours of community service, six months home confinement, and ordered to pay $8.6 million in restitution for repeatedly using Mirai to take down Internet services at Rutgers University, his former alma mater.


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