Person

Peter Levashov

person:peter_levashov Also: Peter

Russian hacker identified as the operator of the Kelihos botnet; the episode distinguishes him from Gery’s mystery hacker.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing USES Kelihos Explicit 76
incoming DEVELOPED_BY Kelihos Explicit 76

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Kelihos DEVELOPED_BY Peter Levashov

Peter Levashov was identified as the person who built the Kelihos botnet.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 76 Details

“Peter was from St. Petersburg and he’s the one who built the Kelihos botnet”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 77416–77491

Peter Levashov USES Kelihos

Peter Levashov operated the Kelihos botnet, which was used to send large volumes of spam email.

Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 76 Details

“He was accused of running the Kelihos botnet”