Mirai Botnet Authors Avoid Jail Time
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:54:40 +0000
Citing “extraordinary cooperation” with the government, a court in Alaska on Tuesday sentenced three men to probation, community service and fines for their admitted roles in authoring and using “Mirai,” a potent malware strain used in countless attacks designed to knock Web sites offline — including an enormously powerful attack in 2016 that sidelined this Web site for nearly four days.
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