Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Two Europeans Indicted In US For 2003 DDOS Attacks

Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 07, @12:32PM

from the how-about-some-shrimp-echouafni dept.
The InternetSecurityThe Courts
narramissic writes"In a continuation of the first successful U.S. investigation ever into DDOS attacks, Axel Gembe, 25, of Germany and Lee Graham Walker, 24, of England were indicted Thursday by a grand jury in Los Angeles, California, on one count of conspiracy and one count of intentionally damaging a computer system. The two men were allegedly hired by Jay R. Echouafni, owner of Orbit Communication, a Massachusetts-based company that sold home satellite systems, to carry out DDOS attacks against two of Orbit's competitors."

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