Dort Kimwolf retaliatory harassment campaign
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The Dort-controlled Kimwolf operation escalated into a targeted harassment campaign against the researcher and the author, combining DDoS, doxing, and email flooding. The campaign later escalated to swatting, creating an immediate physical-safety risk at the researcher’s home. The activity has continued since early January 2026, showing coordinated follow-on abuse tied to the botnet operator.
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28.02.2026 14:01 2 articles · 2mo ago
Dort launches Discord retaliation after the Kimwolf disclosure
Campaign Scope UpdateWithin hours of the January 2, 2026 disclosure about Kimwolf's residential proxy weakness, Dort created a Discord server in the author's name and began publishing personal information and violent threats against Benjamin Brundage, the researcher, the author, and others.
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- Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster “Dort”? — krebsonsecurity.com — 28.02.2026 14:01
- Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster “Dort”? — krebsonsecurity.com — 28.02.2026 14:01