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Mirai Creators Cooperate with Feds to Avoid Prison

ID: 95352e27-2ba3-57e8-baa0-24b23d822e8b

STIX ID: report--95352e27-2ba3-57e8-baa0-24b23d822e8b

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2018-09-20

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano

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The article reports that the three creators of the Mirai botnet pleaded guilty and were sentenced to probation, community service, and restitution; it outlines Mirai's large-scale IoT infections, the public release of its source code that produced numerous ongoing variants, and notes their cooperation with the FBI and continued assistance to the security community.

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