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Ubisoft sues DDoS-for-hire operators for ruining game play
The network of sites and services run by the alleged operators target the Rainbow Six Siege game, selling attacks to cheating players.
Booter boss behind millions of DDoS-for-hire attacks jailed
The US is also juicing him for over half a million in profits from multiple DDoS-for-hire services.
Author of record-setting IoT botnets pleads guilty
He kept working on new botnets (and swatting a co-conspirator-cum-competitor) while indicted and on supervised release.
FBI crackdown on DDoS-for-hire sites led to 85% slash in attack sizes
According to a new report, average and maximum DDoS attack sizes decreased by 85.36% and 23.91%.
It’s mop-up time for WebStresser DDoS-for-hire users
Cops from 14 countries are seeking to inflict a bit of distributed denial-of-freedom to whoever’s behind 6 million around-the-globe attacks.
FBI wants to keep “helpful” Mirai botnet authors around
The young men behind the powerful IoT device botnet have been working undercover with law enforcement since they were first fingered.
Access denied! World’s largest denial of service site busted
The site’s down and at least four of its admins have been arrested
National Crime Agency snares teens who used Lizard Squad DDoS tool
The NCA says it wants to reform the teens caught up in its operation targeting users of LizardStresser, an online tool for attacking websites. Is a stern talking-to enough? Or should they face jail time?
No jail for Lizard Squad member guilty of 50,700 cybercrime charges
The Lizard Squad spokesman Julius “zeekill” Kivimaki has been given a suspended sentence and ordered to “fight against cybercrime”.