Federal prosecutors have charged a 22-year-old man from Oregon with operating the Rapper Bot, one of the most powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets ever recorded. The botnet, powered by approximately 95,000 hacked devices, launched over 370,000 attacks across 80 countries and was capable of generating traffic up to 6 terabits per second. It was responsible for knocking the social media platform X offline earlier in 2025, among other large-scale cyberattacks. Authorities have gained control of the Rapper Bot network, effectively disrupting its operations. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken action against the alleged developer and administrator of the botnet, marking a major step in combating large-scale cybercrime. This case follows a separate sentencing of Noah Urban, a 20-year-old member of the hacking group Scattered Spider, who received a 10-year prison term for a series of major hacks and cryptocurrency thefts, including SIM swapping and crypto heists totaling millions of dollars, with $13 million in restitution owed.