Ottawa Man Arrested for Operating Kimwolf IoT Botnet

A 23-year-old from Ottawa has been arrested by Canadian authorities for allegedly developing and running Kimwolf, a rapidly spreading botnet targeting Internet-of-Things devices. The malicious software compromised millions of devices to launch large-scale DDoS attacks over six months. The suspect faces criminal hacking charges in both Canada and the United States after launching DDoS, doxing, and swatting attacks against security researchers and journalists. The arrest follows public identification of the accused in early 2026 following these coordinated cyber attacks. Source: KrebsOnSecurity.