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Police Charge UK Man Over DDoS Attack

         

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12:01 pm on Jun 23, 2011 (gmt 0)

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Police Charge UK Man Over DDoS Attack [bbc.co.uk]
A 19-year-old Essex man has been charged with five computer offences, including attacking the Serious Organised Crime Agency's website.

Ryan Cleary, from Wickford, is alleged to have set up a distributed denial of service attack on Soca on 20 June.

It is alleged he attacked the website of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in November 2010.

He also allegedly attacked the British Phonographic Industry's website in October.

Mr Cleary was charged under the Criminal Law Act and Computer Misuse Act by the Met Police's e-crime unit and will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates court on Thursday.

graeme_p

5:32 pm on Jun 24, 2011 (gmt 0)

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Funny how lots of DDOS attacks happen without the police seeming to do anything much, but when lobby groups are directly attacked the law is properly enforced.