Canadian Authorities Arrest 23-Year-Old for Running Kimwolf DDoS Botnet

📌 Canadian authorities arrested a 23-year-old Ottawa resident, Jacob Butler (alias "Dort"), for allegedly operating the Kimwolf DDoS botnet. The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Butler, and extradition to the U.S. is being sought. The Kimwolf botnet, which was recently disrupted, is linked to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The suspect faces a potential prison sentence of up to 10 years if convicted. No specific technical details about the botnet’s infrastructure or attack scale were provided in the report.