Suspended Sentence for Mirai Botmaster Daniel Kaye
Summary: A German court in Cologne handed Daniel Kaye, a 29-year-old dual U.K.-Israeli citizen, a suspended sentence of one year and eight months for Mirai botnet attacks that knocked roughly 900,000 Deutsche Telekom customers offline in November 2016. Prosecutors said Kaye sold access to his botnet as an attack-for-hire service, and he still faces criminal charges in Britain, which has requested his extradition.
Key Takeaway: The same botnet caused extensive internet outages for ISPs in the U.K., Germany and Liberia, yet the German court suspended the sentence - and the outcome now rests on whether Britain extradites and convicts him.
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