[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fqeEV_Toc_O0eINVxfPptTxmNu0ISTdcyS7b017qEa-A":3},{"article":4,"iocs":36,"watch_terms":44},{"id":5,"title":6,"slug":7,"summary":8,"ai_summary":9,"brief":10,"full_text":10,"url":11,"image_url":12,"published_at":13,"ingested_at":14,"relevance_score":10,"entities":15,"category_id":16,"category":17,"article_tags":20},"ec76868c-87bf-47f5-b628-b5e6b918eb28","Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster “Dort”?","who-is-the-kimwolf-botmaster-dort","In early January 2026, KrebsOnSecurity revealed how a security researcher disclosed a vulnerability that was used to assemble Kimwolf, the world's largest and most disruptive botnet. Since then, the person in control of Kimwolf -- who goes by the handle \"Dort\" -- has coordinated a barrage of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), doxing and email flooding attacks against the researcher and this author, and more recently caused a SWAT team to be sent to the researcher's home. This post examines what is knowable about Dort based on public information.","KrebsOnSecurity investigates the identity of \"Dort,\" the botmaster controlling Kimwolf, the world's largest botnet that exploits a disclosed vulnerability. Dort has orchestrated DDoS attacks, doxing, email flooding, and even swatting against security researchers who exposed the botnet's vulnerability. The article analyzes publicly available information to determine who Dort may be.",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fkrebsonsecurity.com\u002F2026\u002F02\u002Fwho-is-the-kimwolf-botmaster-dort\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fkrebsonsecurity.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F02\u002Fben-door.png","2026-02-28T12:01:57+00:00","2026-03-14T09:41:13.982824+00:00",[],"89f78b1c-3503-45a1-9fc7-e23d2ce1c6d5",{"id":16,"icon":10,"name":18,"slug":19},"Malware","malware",[21,26,31],{"category":22},{"id":23,"icon":10,"name":24,"slug":25},"2e06f76c-d5b9-4f54-9eef-4d3447b10730","Breaches","breaches",{"category":27},{"id":28,"icon":10,"name":29,"slug":30},"6cbdd207-aaa1-4176-9534-e156b125e917","Nation-state","nation-state",{"category":32},{"id":33,"icon":10,"name":34,"slug":35},"e7b231c8-5f79-4465-8d38-1ef13aea5a14","Threat Intelligence","threat-intelligence",[37,40],{"type":19,"value":38,"context":39},"Kimwolf","World's largest and most disruptive botnet controlled by botmaster \"Dort\"",{"type":41,"value":42,"context":43},"mitre_attack","T1498 - Network Denial of Service","DDoS attacks coordinated by Dort against researchers",[]]