Security News > 2020 > February > Booter Boss Busted By Bacon Pizza Buy

While the young man's punishment was heavily tempered by his current poor health, the defendant's dietary choices may have contributed to both his capture and the lenient sentencing: Investigators say the onetime booter boss's identity became clear after he ordered a bacon and chicken pizza delivered to his home using the same email address he originally used to register his criminal attack service.

Investigators say Bukoski's booter service was among the longest running services targeted by the FBI, operating since at least 2012.

Federal prosecutors in Alaska said search warrants served on the email accounts Bukoski used in conjunction with Quantum Stresser revealed that he was banned from several companies he used to advertise and accept payments for the booter service.

Interestingly, the feds say their examination of Bukoski's Internet browsing records showed he knew full well that running a booter service was punishable under federal law.

"The defendant's web browsing history was significant to investigators for a number of reasons, including the fact that it shows that the defendant browsed an article written by a prominent security researcher referencing both the defendant's enterprise along with a competing service, including a link provided by the researcher in the article to an advisory posted by the FBI warning that the operation of booter services was potentially punishable under federal law," reads the sentencing memo from Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Alexander.

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