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Man Held Over Cyber-Attack On Home Office Site
Man Held Over Cyber-Attack On Home Office Site
bb1 Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:54 pm
http://news.sky.com/story/1007859/man-held-over-cyber-attack-on-home-office-site
Man Held Over Cyber-Attack On Home Office Site
5:10pm UK, Tuesday 06 November 2012
A man has been arrested in connection with a cyber-attack on the websites of Home Secretary Theresa May and the Home Office, Scotland Yard has said.
The 41-year-old was held at his home in Stoke-on-Trent on suspicion of encouraging a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack on the sites.
He allegedly targeted the Home Office and Theresa May's constituency websites and urged others to take part in the attack online.
DDOS attacks are designed to overwhelm websites so they crash.
The man was arrested on suspicion of assisting or encouraging crime contrary to the Serious Crime Act 2007 and later bailed until mid-December.
Scotland Yard said material including computers, telephones and media storage devices were seized from his home.
Detective Inspector Jason Tunn said: "Assisting and encouraging cyber crime is a serious matter and I would advise all persons to consider their actions and any possible future consequences prior to posting any material online."
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Wonder if he's one of the We-hate-the-McCanns brigade? It's the sort of stupid thing some of them would do.
Man Held Over Cyber-Attack On Home Office Site
5:10pm UK, Tuesday 06 November 2012
A man has been arrested in connection with a cyber-attack on the websites of Home Secretary Theresa May and the Home Office, Scotland Yard has said.
The 41-year-old was held at his home in Stoke-on-Trent on suspicion of encouraging a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack on the sites.
He allegedly targeted the Home Office and Theresa May's constituency websites and urged others to take part in the attack online.
DDOS attacks are designed to overwhelm websites so they crash.
The man was arrested on suspicion of assisting or encouraging crime contrary to the Serious Crime Act 2007 and later bailed until mid-December.
Scotland Yard said material including computers, telephones and media storage devices were seized from his home.
Detective Inspector Jason Tunn said: "Assisting and encouraging cyber crime is a serious matter and I would advise all persons to consider their actions and any possible future consequences prior to posting any material online."
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Wonder if he's one of the We-hate-the-McCanns brigade? It's the sort of stupid thing some of them would do.
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