Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster “Dort”?
Summary: KrebsOnSecurity reports that the operator of the Kimwolf botnet, known as "Dort," has coordinated DDoS, doxing, email flooding and a swatting attack against researcher Benjamin Brundage and the author after Brundage's January 2026 research into the botnet slowed its spread. Public records and breach data link the Dort identity to a Jacob Butler in Ottawa, Canada, though Butler denied involvement after 2021 and said someone may be impersonating him.
Bottom line: A botnet operator who can direct a SWAT team to a researcher's home in retaliation for published vulnerability research sets the price of disclosure for everyone who studies these networks.
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