In Germani, a 29-year-old man who named by authorities as \u201cDaniel K.,\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
According to reports in the German press, the cyber attacks powered by the notorious Mirai malware has been pleaded guilty to \u201cattempted computer sabotage.\u201d He was behind the cyber attack that knocked more than 1.25 Million customers of German telecommunications provider Deutsche Telekom offline last November.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Late last year, Deutsche Telekom\u2019s routers became infected with a modified version of the Mirai malware \u2013 infamous IoT malware which scans for insecure routers, cameras, DVRs, and other IoT devices and enslaves them into a botnet network \u2013 causing over a million pounds\u2019 worth of damage, the company said at the time.
\nAt the time of his arrest, the suspect faced up to 10 years in prison. He\u2019s 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\u2019s communication infrastructure.<\/p>\n