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Canadian man arrested, charged for running KimWolf DDos botnet

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Feed Name: The Record from Recorded Future News

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2026-05-22

Date Updated: 2026-05-22

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A Canadian individual was arrested in connection with operating the KimWolf botnet, a DDoS-for-hire service that allegedly infected over one million devices (including IoT and residential proxy networks) and launched attacks measured at nearly 30 Tbps. International law enforcement seized infrastructure tied to KimWolf and related botnets, prosecutors linked the suspect through IPs and account data, and victims reported significant financial losses and service disruption.

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