Article 3NMD7 Website linked to cyber-attacks against UK banks is shut down

Website linked to cyber-attacks against UK banks is shut down

by
Jamie Grierson
from Technology | The Guardian on (#3NMD7)

Webstresser.org, which had 136,000 users, could be rented for 10 to launch DDoS attacks

A website linked to more than 4m cyber-attacks worldwide, including against some of Britain's biggest banks, has been shut down following a UK- and Netherlands-led operation.

Webstresser.org had 136,000 registered users and could be rented for about 10 to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, in which high volumes of internet traffic are launched at target computers to disable them.

Continue reading...
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://www.theguardian.com/technology/rss
Feed Title Technology | The Guardian
Feed Link https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology
Feed Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024
Reply 0 comments