Call of Duty cyber attack prompts arrest
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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DidPosted:
TTG_Teddy_Bearz Wait so exactly what did he do?
he made it so all the connections in the game would suck and la switch in a way. Or he would completly knock them offline. :/
TTG_ScouserPosted:
this was all over the news in the uk my dad told me bouts it lol dirty manc **** :)
SeanPosted:
jersey221 wait september?black ops came out november?
he may have been doing it sometime ago it takes along time to catch someone doing these types of attacks
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