Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Operating Kelihos Botnet

The Russian man who was accused of operating the infamous Kelihos botnet has finally pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court. Peter Yuryevich Levashov , 38, of St. Petersburg, Russia, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in U.S. federal court in Connecticut to computer crime, wire fraud, conspiracy and...

NZ telco hires admitted botnet operator

By Michael Field, Sydney Morning Herald TelstraClear, Telstra’s New Zealand subsidiary, has hired one of the worlds best known hackers smh.com.au — a teenager known as “Akill”. Owen Thor Walker, a 19-year-old who became the subject of a US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s “Operation Bot Roast”...