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It looks like Brian Krebs has been doing some digging trying to find out who authored the Mirai Worm that was used to force his site offline for a few days last year. The malware author goes by the handle Anna-Senpai, and Mr. Krebs believes he has unearthed his/her true identity:
On September 22, 2016, this site was forced offline for nearly four days after it was hit with "Mirai," a malware strain that enslaves poorly secured Internet of Things (IoT) devices like wireless routers and security cameras into a botnet for use in large cyberattacks. Roughly a week after that assault, the individual(s) who launched that attack — using the name "Anna-Senpai" — released the source code for Mirai, spawning dozens of copycat attack armies online.
After months of digging, KrebsOnSecurity is now confident to have uncovered Anna-Senpai's real-life identity, and the identity of at least one co-conspirator who helped to write and modify the malware.
The article is a good read and covers a lot of interesting ground within the botnet community.
(Score: 2) by shipofgold on Monday January 23 2017, @04:56PM
I hope that Krebs indeed has held back the most damning evidence to get the FBI attention.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/rutgers_student_questioned_cyber_attack.html [nj.com]
Shows that indeed it did work in grabbing somebody's attention.
While I am no big fan of the FBI grabbing peoples "devices" I am guessing if they do get a hold of these guys' equipment plenty of evidence will be left behind for them to find if they are indeed part of this whole thing.
Murai was pretty serious....extortion, protection rackets and damage to good reputations have all come out of it. I hope that those who are really accountable get long hard time.