Thomas K. McCormick

October 1, 2019

Mariposa Botnet Author, Darkcode Crime Forum Admin Arrested in Germany

This post was originally published on this siteA Slovenian man convicted of authoring the destructive and once-prolific Mariposa botnet and running the infamous Darkode cybercrime forum has been arrested in Germany on request from prosecutors in the United States, who’ve recently re-indicted him on related charges. NiceHash CTO Matjaž “Iserdo” Škorjanc, as pictured on the front page of a recent edition of the Slovenian daily Delo.si, is being held by German authorities on a US arrest warrant for operating the destructive “Mariposa” botnet and founding the infamous Darkode cybercrime forum. The Slovenian Press Agency reported today that German police arrested Matjaž “Iserdo” Škorjanc […]