The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon
A college student, Benjamin Brundage, played a pivotal role in uncovering and dismantling KimWolf, one of the largest botnets ever seen, which hijacked nearly 2 million Android devices via residential proxy networks. His work from a dorm room helped internet security experts take down a c
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