Call of Duty cyber attack prompts arrest

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A teenager has been arrested in connection with a cyber attack which put the online version of the computer game Call of Duty out of action.

The 17-year-old was arrested in the Beswick area of Manchester by the Metropolitan Police's central e-crime unit earlier.

It followed a "denial of service" attack, which saw large numbers of people unable to play the game online.

Games company Activision contacted police in September this year.

Denial of service attacks are aimed at making websites unusable.

The attack was facilitated via a malicious program called "Phenom Booter", which was also being offered for sale on a web forum which allowed those playing Call of Duty to score more points while stopping other people playing the game.

Detectives established that the server was hosted within the UK and further investigation traced the IP address more specifically to the Greater Manchester area.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-11961333

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Brighty92Posted:

LOL Fail! :L

AmitielPosted:

YourNewestLeech haha he must fail, how do you get caught? if your going to do that, at least get a dynamic.


IP logs link your MAC address to the IP.
Your hostname shows your general area as is.
There's no way to "hide" completely.
Locks are for the innocent, not the guilty.

-Gamer-Posted:

wow thats sucks for him hes only 17

PushaTPosted:

What an idiot, looses his life over a game.

ghostbusbyPosted:

TTG-Smoker im next then i o this all the time :P


nice Avatar pic dude!

Also haha to guy who got caught. Its kinda hard to get away with doing that kinda stuff lol

JuiceyHFPosted:

im next then i o this all the time :P

JuicyJPosted:

Well... we know who doesn't have a girlfriend....

HIPPIEZROOLPosted:

he probably a gay boy, had no sex and where hes going his ass will be used so much it will be as white as a ghost, as bruised as blue waffle, as read as the devil, and as sore as breaking a leg.
Gutted ahahahahahahahahahahahahahah aha

YourNewestLeechPosted:

haha he must fail, how do you get caught? if your going to do that, at least get a dynamic.

CaptainMorganPosted:

Awesome and stupid at the same time. Why does he need to be such an ass and not let people play the game?


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