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The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet

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Law enforcement did not reveal MafiaBoy’s real name, as this national - security threat was 15 years old. Mirai won the war because Israeli and American law enforcement arrested the masterminds behind PoodleCorp. Still, the hunt for the authors of the Mirai malware must have been a difficult one, given how clever these hackers were.