[Parliament]

Pretty sure, Mirai, the world's biggest bot net (at the time*) was also made by some kid who played Minecraft.

To my knowledge, It was created by a couple of guys In their early 20s.

I'm not sure whether they were Involved In the Minecraft community- you'd know best.

Yeah, it was used for them to hit off Minecraft servers because that's the game the group played together which is pretty common on Minecraft due to it's toxic community- they offered to hit off/ransomed big Minecraft servers in turn for money. They didn't realize how big their botnet actually was until they were able to hit off OVH-hosted servers and got themselves on the FBI's radar. Crazy story, you'd think that Mirai would be some country-vs-country global cyber attack but it was just a bunch of people playing Minecraft.

Here's a quick source if you'd like to read up on it anytime: https://www.wired.com/story/mirai-botnet...-internet/

[mothered]

Pretty sure, Mirai, the world's biggest bot net (at the time*) was also made by some kid who played Minecraft.

To my knowledge, It was created by a couple of guys In their early 20s.

I'm not sure whether they were Involved In the Minecraft community- you'd know best.

Yeah, it was used for them to hit off Minecraft servers because that's the game the group played together which is pretty common on Minecraft due to it's toxic community- they offered to hit off/ransomed big Minecraft servers in turn for money. They didn't realize how big their botnet actually was until they were able to hit off OVH-hosted servers and got themselves on the FBI's radar. Crazy story, you'd think that Mirai would be some country-vs-country global cyber attack but it was just a bunch of people playing Minecraft. 

Here's a quick source if you'd like to read up on it anytime: https://www.wired.com/story/mirai-botnet...-internet/

Very Impressive Indeed.

Wired.com Is a good source for this type of Information. Appreciate the link, I'll read the lot later this evening.

[turelan]

He should be hired instead of jailed

[doperdoped]

The guy had some really good SE Skills but lacked knowledge on basic crypto washing

[privx]

People praise this kind of thing as a brilliant hack but in reality it was just a simple social engineering attack (which by the way was stupid to be trying to pull while on the FBI's radar already.)

[bitcobillio]

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN

[mothered]

He should be hired instead of jailed

Law enforcement agencies do In fact hire hackers/ex-hackers, particularly those with an exceptional set of skills.

[Trilly Reign]

https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2020...ot-guilty/

He faces 30 charges and, if convicted, could spend up to 200 years in prison.

Ohhhh the country I live in....

A KID steals from the RICH  ----» 200 years

An ADULT forces themselves ON TO KIDS  ----» 20 Years

[mothered]

This thread Is almost 3 months old, and there doesn't seem to be any further developments.

I've performed an In depth Google search to no avail. If convicted, I'd love to read what happens to him thereafter.

[fsociety]

https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2020...ot-guilty/

He faces 30 charges and, if convicted, could spend up to 200 years in prison.

Ohhhh the country I live in....

A KID steals from the RICH  ----» 200 years

An ADULT forces themselves ON TO KIDS  ----» 20 Years

One word to law that law is very shit they cannot thinking like us....putting him in jail as he is 17 year old .... should give him a chance he is teenager everyone is excited at this age...