Robert Stahl Represents Former Rutgers Student in Mirai Botnet Internet Crime Case

Former Rutgers Student Charged with Computer Crimes in the Mirai Botnet Internet Attack

Robert Stahl, leaving the federal courthouse in Trenton on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 with former Rutgers student, left. (Jeff Granit | For NJ.com)

News Coverage on the Mirai Botnet Internet Crime Case:

Represented NJ Rutgers student charged in the District of New Jersey and the District of Alaska with a massive cyber attack identified as the Mirai botnet, which infected Internet connected devices, known as the internet of things (IoT) to attack major websites with a “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attacks, bringing the sites down. Infected devices included unsecured webcams, security cameras and wireless routers. The Mirai botnet was distributed online, and affected the French hosting provider OVH and Brian Krebs own security website that reports on such attacks. Mirai was later used to bring down Dyn, the domain name system used by Twitter, PayPal, Spotify, and Reddit.

• NJ.com, January 6, 2018
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• Fox 5 NY, January 4, 2018
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• Reuters, December 13, 2017
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• The Times of London, December 19, 2017
  Student gamers behind Mirai cyberattack
• NJ.com, December 14, 2017
  How much did hacker who taunted Rutgers cost the school?
• NJ.com, December 13, 2017
  Former Rutgers student admits to creating code that crashed internet
• The Economic Times, December 19, 2017
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• Law 360, December 13, 2017
  3 Men Cop to Mirai Malware Attacks in NJ, Alaska
• ZDNet, December 13, 2017
  Mirai botnet attackers plead guilty for roles in cyberattacks
• American Security Today, December 13, 2017
  Guilty Pleas in Computer Crime Cases Involving Massive DDoS Attacks

• KTUU Channel 2 NBC News, December 13, 2017
  Alaska spearheads investigation into ‘one of the most powerful cyberattacks in history’

• Internet of Business, December 18, 2017
  Three plead guilty in US to developing Mirai botnet
• Wired Magazine, December 13, 2017
  How a Dorm Room Minecraft Scam Brought Down the Internet

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