In Germani, a 29-year-old man who named by authorities as “Daniel K.,” was arrested ong the 22nd of February pleaded guilty in the court on Friday to charges related to the hijacking of more than one Million Deutsche Telekom routers.
According to reports in the German press, the cyber attacks powered by the notorious Mirai malware has been pleaded guilty to “attempted computer sabotage.” He was behind the cyber attack that knocked more than 1.25 Million customers of German telecommunications provider Deutsche Telekom offline last November.
According to the German authorities, the attack was especially severe and was carried out to compromise the home routers to enrol them in a network of hijacked devices popularly called Botnet, which is being offered for sale on dark web markets for launching DDoS attacks.
Late last year, Deutsche Telekom’s routers became infected with a modified version of the Mirai malware – infamous IoT malware which scans for insecure routers, cameras, DVRs, and other IoT devices and enslaves them into a botnet network – causing over a million pounds’ worth of damage, the company said at the time.
At the time of his arrest, the suspect faced up to 10 years in prison. He’s due to be sentenced on July 28. The BKA got involved in the investigation as the attack on Deutsche Telekom was deemed to be a threat to the nation’s communication infrastructure.
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