PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An Oregon man was charged in a federal complaint on Tuesday for allegedly leading large-scale cyberattacks across dozens of countries.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska announced 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Eugene faces one count of aiding and abetting computer intrusions. If convicted, Foltz faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
Authorities allege Foltz is behind the “Rapper Bot” Distributed Denial of Service-for-hire Botnet, conducting cyberattacks since at least 2021.
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According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, “Rapper Bot,” also known as “Eleven Eleven Botnet,” and “CowBot,” is a Botnet that mainly compromises devices such as Digital Video Recorders or Wi-Fi routers by infecting the devices with malware…