Newbie Hacker Fingered for Monster Botnet

Federal prosecutors quietly indicted this 20-year-old, and rival hackers say he’s behind a king-sized botnet. But did he really have the skills to pull it off?

Kevin Poulsen 

Sr. National Security Correspondent

Published Aug. 30 2018 4:43AM EDT 

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Kevin Poulsen

Sr. National Security Correspondent

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