# Mirai Botnet Operator

> As of 2026-05-30, Mirai Botnet Operator is a N/A-nexus threat actor tracked by Threadlinqs Intelligence across 1 threat spanning malware. Also known as Mirai variant, DIR-823X botnet operator, Akamai SIRT tracked Mirai cluster.

- **Nation:** N/A
- **Tracked threats:** 1
- **Categories:** MALWARE
- **Also known as:** Mirai variant, DIR-823X botnet operator, Akamai SIRT tracked Mirai cluster
- **As of:** 2026-05-30

## Tracked threats

- [CVE-2025-29635 — Mirai Variant Campaign Recruiting D-Link DIR-823X Routers via /goform/set_prohibiting Command Injection](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-0406) — HIGH

## Related CVEs

4 CVEs referenced by tracked Mirai Botnet Operator activity.

- [CVE-2026-2143](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-2143)
- [CVE-2026-2142](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-2142)
- [CVE-2026-2129](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-2129)
- [CVE-2025-29635](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2025-29635)

## Full data

Infrastructure, IOC values and detection queries (Splunk SPL / Microsoft KQL / Sigma) require the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Mirai%20Botnet%20Operator