A massive cybercrime operation tied to one of the internet’s most powerful DDoS-for-hire botnets, Rapper Bot, has been brought down, and at the center of the case is a 22-year-old man from Eugene, Oregon. According to a federal criminal complaint filed on August 6, 2025, in the District of Alaska, Ethan Foltz is alleged to be the mastermind behind Rapper Bot, a botnet responsible for hundreds of thousands of disruptive attacks around the world.
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