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#6 BleepingComputer general May 22, 2026 at 09:01 UTC

US and Canada arrest and charge suspected Kimwolf botnet admin

By Sergiu Gatlan

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U.S. and Canadian authorities arrested 23-year-old Canadian Jacob Butler and charged him with operating the KimWolf DDoS-for-hire botnet, which infected nearly two million devices worldwide. Butler ran KimWolf as a Telegram-accessible service, and the DOJ is seeking extradition. The takedown is part of broader law enforcement action against DDoS-as-a-service infrastructure.

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