May 22, 2013

DDOS - News


Call of Duty Online DDoS Cyber Attack in Multiplayer: Teen Arrested in UK

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Gaining an advantage in online multiplayer games using in-game exploits is one thing (cheating, but technically legal), but going so far as to develop malicious software to attack a game’s servers is something else entirely. A teenager in Manchester has been arrested for allegedly interfering with Call of Duty: Black Ops servers, and is currently [...]

“Operation Payback” for WikiLeaks to Take Down Amazon, Paypal Using DDoS Attacks

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The Arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on sex charges appears to have sparked a cyber skirmish as his supporters targeted government and private websites that have taken action against Wikileaks, before some the supporters’ own pages were taken down in return. The attackers, who call themselves Operation Payback, have in the past few days [...]