At FBI's request, Spain arrests a visiting Russian, Peter Levashov, who infosec experts say is an e-mail spam kingpin known as Peter Severa
And His Massive Botnet Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security : Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested CNN : DOJ plans to disrupt global spam network after Russian hacker's arrest Sheera Frenkel / BuzzFeed : This Russian Hacker's Wife Says He Was Arrested For Being “Linked To Trump's Win” Iain Thomson / The Register : Spanish cops snatch suspected top spammer as US moves against Kelihos botnet BBC : Russian arrested in Spain ‘over mass hacking’ Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Russian man arrested for running notorious spam-sending Kelihos botnet Tech2 : One of the largest botnets in the world is being shut down after US authorities nab alleged owner KTVA-TV : Anchorage FBI, DOJ announce effort to disrupt Kelihos botnet infecting thousands of computers John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable : Justice Department Takes Aim at Kelihos Botnet SecurityWeek : US Takes Down Huge Botnet as Spain Arrests Notorious Russian Hacker Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : Feds deliver fatal blow to botnet that menaced world for 7 years Steven Musil / CNET : US targets Kelihos botnet after Russian's arrest in Spain Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek : Alleged Kelihos Botnet Author Arrested in Spain Gabriela Vatu / Softpedia News : Russian Hacker Arrested in Spain Over Mass Hacking Associated Press : US says global spam scheme targeted after mastermind nabbed Patrick Howell O'Neill / Cyberscoop : DOJ moves to topple Kelihos, one of the world's largest botnets Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes : This Russian ‘Cyber Kingpin’ Probably Didn't Hack The US Election Kate Bevan / Naked Security : News in brief: Dallas sirens ‘hacked’; Livejournal cracks down; Russian man arrested in Spain Tweets: Amy Siskind / @amy_siskind : DOJ getting involved in breaking us networks of bots infiltrating US email, logins, etc. THIS IS VERY REAL PEOPLE!!!http://www.justice.gov/ ... @briankrebs : The Justice Dept just released a ton of docs on Peter “Severa” Levashov and his alleged control over Kelihos botnet http://www.justice.gov/... @maddowblog : “The Kelihos virus ... was used during the Russian election in 2012 to send political messages” http://www.nytimes.com/... #Maddow Patrick O'Neill / @howelloneill : Levashov used the same IP addresses to control Kelihos botnet AND to login to stuff like iTunes under his real name http://www.cyberscoop.com/... http://twitter.com/... @mikeisaac : everyone gets caught by something small and stupid in the end http://twitter.com/... Andrew S. Weiss / @andrewsweiss : Backstory on Russian hacker arrested in Spain. Not obvious that there's a tie to US elections via @AndrewKramerNYT http://www.nytimes.com/... @briankrebs : Alleged Russian spam kingpin Pyotr “Severa” Levashov arrested in Spain http://krebsonsecurity.com/... < in operation since 1999.