W1CKEDTW1STED
12-10-2010, 09:02 AM
Hah, owned!
[Original (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=280044?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS)]
A 17-year-old from Manchester has been arrested following a denial of service attack on Call of Duty: Black Ops.
According to the BBC, the teen used a malicious program called "Phenom Booter" to rack up points while stopping other people from playing the game.
The Sun says the act left publisher Activision 'battling for hours to get the online version of Call Of Duty: Black Ops up and running again'.
The Metropolitan Police's central e-crime unit arrested the teenager on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act.
A police source said: "His whole world came crashing down when we knocked on his door at 6am. He was still in bed and didn't realise he was in so much trouble."
Detective Paul Hoare added: "Programs marketed in order to disrupt the online infrastructure not only affect individual players but have commercial and reputational consequences for the companies concerned.
"These games attract both children and young people to the online environment and this type of crime can often be the precursor to further offending in more traditional areas of online crime."
Launched on November 9, Black Ops sold a whopping 8.4 million copies in the States alone last month.
[Original (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=280044?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS)]
A 17-year-old from Manchester has been arrested following a denial of service attack on Call of Duty: Black Ops.
According to the BBC, the teen used a malicious program called "Phenom Booter" to rack up points while stopping other people from playing the game.
The Sun says the act left publisher Activision 'battling for hours to get the online version of Call Of Duty: Black Ops up and running again'.
The Metropolitan Police's central e-crime unit arrested the teenager on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act.
A police source said: "His whole world came crashing down when we knocked on his door at 6am. He was still in bed and didn't realise he was in so much trouble."
Detective Paul Hoare added: "Programs marketed in order to disrupt the online infrastructure not only affect individual players but have commercial and reputational consequences for the companies concerned.
"These games attract both children and young people to the online environment and this type of crime can often be the precursor to further offending in more traditional areas of online crime."
Launched on November 9, Black Ops sold a whopping 8.4 million copies in the States alone last month.