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U.S. prosecutors have charged Oregon resident Ethan Foltz, 22, with operating \u201cRapper Bot<\/a>,\u201d a massive DDoS network blamed for over 370,000 attacks in just four months. Authorities say the botnet, fueled by nearly 95,000 hijacked devices, could unleash traffic surges of up to six terabits per second. Foltz allegedly sold attack services for thousands of dollars, even targeting U.S. government systems, before investigators seized his computers during an August raid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. prosecutors have charged Oregon resident Ethan Foltz, 22, with operating \u201cRapper Bot,\u201d a massive DDoS network blamed for over 370,000 attacks in just four months. Authorities say the botnet, fueled by nearly 95,000 hijacked devices, could unleash traffic surges of up to six terabits per second. 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