Mirai botmaster behind Deutsche Telekom attack pleads guilty

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Also admitted to British router hijack.

Mirai botmaster behind Deutsche Telekom attack pleads guilty
A 29-year-old hacker has plead guilty in a German court to an attack last year which downed internet services across the country. The botmaster, calling himself “BestBuy” or “Popopret”, admitted to the hijack of 900,000 Deutsche Telekom (DT) customers last year as well as ...

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