A Canadian man was sentenced to 33 years in prison after pleading guilty to targeting more than 145 children across the United States, some as young as 6 years old, in an eight-year-long sextortion scheme. […]
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Authorities arrest 23-year-old accused of running the Kimwolf botnet
Canadian authorities arrested a 23-year-old Ottawa man accused of running the Kimwolf DDoS botnet. The US is now seeking extradition. US authorities have charged 23-year-old Jacob Butler (aka “Dort”), an Ottawa resident, for allegedly operating the recently disrupted Kimwolf botnet. Authorities arrested the suspect in Canada, he could face up to 10 years in prison…
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Suspected KimWolf botnet admin arrested over DDoS-for-hire operation
U.S. and Canadian authorities arrested and charged a Canadian man accused of operating the KimWolf DDoS botnet, a service linked to attacks that infected more than one million devices worldwide. Jacob Butler, 23, of Ottawa, Canada, also known online as “Dort,” was arrested in Canada under an extradition warrant after U.S. prosecutors charged him with…
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US and Canada arrest and charge suspected Kimwolf botnet admin
U.S. and Canadian authorities arrested and charged a Canadian man with operating the KimWolf distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet, which infected nearly two million devices worldwide. […]
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Kimwolf DDoS Botnet Operator Arrested in Canada Over DDoS-for-Hire Attacks
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the arrest of a Canadian man in connection with allegedly operating a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet known as Kimwolf. In tandem, Jacob Butler (aka Dort), 23, Ottawa, Canada, has been charged with offenses related to the development and operation of the botnet. Kimwolf is assessed to…
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Alleged leader of Kimwolf, a sweeping botnet for cybercriminals, arrested in Canada
Authorities arrested and unsealed charges against a Canadian man accused of running Kimwolf, one of the most far-reaching DDoS botnets on record, the Justice Department said Thursday. Jacob Butler was arrested Wednesday in Ottawa, Canada, and awaits extradition to the United States where he is charged with aiding and abetting computer intrusions and, if convicted,…
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Alleged Kimwolf Botmaster ‘Dort’ Arrested, Charged in U.S. and Canada
Canadian authorities on Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old Ottawa man on suspicion of building and operating Kimwolf, a fast spreading Internet-of-Things botnet that enslaved millions of devices for use in a series of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks over the past six months. KrebsOnSecurity publicly named the suspect in February 2026 after the accused launched a…
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Why Canadian Telecom Providers Are Prime Targets for Cyberattacks
Canadian telecom providers face mounting cyber threats from ransomware, SIM swapping, data breaches, and nation-state attacks targeting critical infrastructure.
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How Criminals Created SMS Blasters to Fake Cellphone Towers and Hack Thousands of Phones in Canada
Canadian authorities have dismantled what appears to be one of the most technically sophisticated financially motivated telecom attacks publicly documented in North America after arresting three suspects accused of operating vehicle-mounted “SMS blaster” systems that impersonated legitimate cellular towers, induced nearby mobile devices into attaching to rogue infrastructure, delivered phishing messages to those devices—likely through…
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Canada’s first SMS blaster case leads to three arrests
Canadian law enforcement arrested three men who face 44 charges for operating an SMS blaster device that mimicked a legitimate cellular tower. The device was operated from vehicles, allowing it to move throughout the Greater Toronto Area and operate in multiple locations. When a phone connects to an SMS blaster, the user receives fraudulent text…
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Canada arrests three for operating “SMS blaster” device in Toronto
Canadian authorities have arrested three men for operating an “SMS blaster” device that pretends to be a cellular tower to send phishing texts to nearby phones. […]
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Operation Atlantic Seizes $12m in Crypto Losses
UK, US and Canadian authorities have identified over 20,000 victims of approval phishing scams that trick users into handing over full crypto wallet access
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Microsoft: Canadian employees targeted in payroll pirate attacks
A financially motivated threat actor tracked as Storm-2755 is stealing Canadian employees’ salary payments after hijacking their accounts in payroll pirate attacks. […]
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Poisoned “Office 365” search results lead to stolen paychecks
A financially motivated hacking group is targeting Canadian employees with a sophisticated campaign designed to covertly redirect their salary payments into attacker-controlled bank accounts, Microsoft researchers discovered. SEO poisoning and malvertising + phishing + AiTM The group, which Microsoft tracks as Storm-2755, begins by poisoning search engine results and running malicious ads against generic queries…
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Sherweb Expands to the UK to Support MSP Growth
Sherweb is expanding into the United Kingdom as the Canadian cloud marketplace and MSP enablement provider looks to grow beyond North America. The move targets one of Europe’s largest managed services markets and builds on Sherweb’s recent acquisition of Ireland-based IT distributor MicroWarehouse. The company says the expansion will focus on helping MSPs navigate rapid…
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Telus Digital confirms breach after hacker claims 1 petabyte data theft
Canadian business process outsourcing giant Telus Digital has confirmed it suffered a security incident after threat actors claimed to have stolen nearly 1 petabyte of data from the company in a multi-month breach. […]
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Canadian Tire 2025 data breach impacts 38 million users
A data breach at Canadian Tire exposed personal data from over 38 million accounts, including contact details and encrypted passwords. More than 38 million accounts were affected by an October 2025 data breach at Canadian retail giant Canadian Tire (CTC). The incident marks one of the largest retail data breaches in Canada, raising concerns about…
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How R8dius’ Shauna McAllister Brings Indigenous Lens to Tech
Shauna McAllister, a sales leader at Canadian services firm R8dius, is helping reshape how technology companies think about Indigenous representation, data sovereignty, and responsible AI as demand for infrastructure and services accelerates across Canada. We spoke with McAllister about her experiences in technology and what she hopes the future looks like for communities and companies…
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How R8dius’ Shauna McAllister Brings Indigenous Lens to Tech
Shauna McAllister, a sales leader at Canadian services firm R8dius, is helping reshape how technology companies think about Indigenous representation, data sovereignty, and responsible AI as demand for infrastructure and services accelerates across Canada. We spoke with McAllister about her experiences in technology and what she hopes the future looks like for communities and companies…