Mirai botnet creator unmasked: US university student named by security blogger Brian Krebs
Mirai malware evolved to "promote" a Minecraft protection racket, claims security blogger Brian Krebs

Mirai botnet author unmasked by Brian Krebs
A student studying at Rutgers University in the US, and running a distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection business on the side, has been fingered as the individual behind the Mirai Internet-of-Things...
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