Paras Jha

Mirai Co-Author Gets 6 Months Confinement, $8.6M in Fines for Rutgers Attacks

Mirai Co-Author Gets 6 Months Confinement, $8.6M in Fines for Rutgers Attacks

| | DDoS-for-hire, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Paras Jha, Robert Stahl, Rutgers University
The convicted co-author of the highly disruptive Mirai botnet malware strain has been sentenced to 2,500 hours of community service, six months home confinement, and ordered to pay $8.6 million in restitution ...
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Mirai Botnet Authors Avoid Jail Time

Mirai Botnet Authors Avoid Jail Time

| | click-fraud, Dalton Norman, Elliott Peterson, FBI, Internet of things, iot, Josiah White, justice department, Mirai botnet, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Paras Jha
Citing "extraordinary cooperation" with the government, a court in Alaska on Tuesday sentenced three men to probation, community service and fines for their admitted roles in authoring and using "Mirai," a potent ...
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Alleged ‘Satori’ IoT Botnet Operator Sought Media Spotlight, Got Indicted

Alleged ‘Satori’ IoT Botnet Operator Sought Media Spotlight, Got Indicted

| | Bad Packets LLC, DDoS-for-hire, Mirai, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Paras Jha, Satori botnet author, stresser, Troy Mursch, zetastress
A 20-year-old from Vancouver, Washington was indicted last week on federal hacking charges and for allegedly operating the "Satori" botnet, a malware strain unleashed last year that infected hundreds of thousands of ...
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