Anchorage, AK – A 22-year-old Oregon man has been charged with operating one of the most powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets ever uncovered, allegedly launching over 370,000 attacks worldwide through a malware network known as “Rapper Bot.”

Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that Ethan Foltz of Eugene was charged in the District of Alaska with aiding and abetting computer intrusions. Investigators say Foltz was the administrator behind Rapper Bot—also called “Eleven Eleven Botnet” and “CowBot”—a DDoS-for-hire operation that compromised tens of thousands of devices and was rented out to paying customers.

Court records allege Rapper Bot infected 65,000 to 95,000 internet-connected devices, primarily WiFi routers and DVRs, and turned them into a global cyberweapon. Vict

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