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    Mirai botnet creators plead guilty to charges over 2016 attack

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    Mallory Locklear
    Mallory Locklear
    12.13.2017

    The individuals behind the Mirai botnet that caused nationwide internet outages in October of last year have pleaded guilty to federal charges, ZDNet reports. Paras Jha, Josiah White and Dalton Norman were indicted by a court in Alaska earlier this month and have pleaded guilty to charges that carry a sentence of up to five years in prison.