‘Who Is Anna-Senpai Mirai?’ Story Glossary
Summary: This glossary accompanies a January 18, 2017 KrebsOnSecurity story identifying Anna-Senpai, the Hackforums user who built the Mirai malware and leaked its source code, as Paras Jha, owner of DDoS mitigation firm ProTraf Solutions. It defines the people and terms around the case, including the vDOS DDoS-for-hire service that made more than $600,000 in its last two years and whose alleged proprietors were arrested in Israel in September 2016.
Why it matters: The people selling DDoS protection here are the same ones accused of building the botnets and running the attacks, and the Mirai author's own firm was paid to defend Minecraft servers earning up to $50,000 a month.
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