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Police Arrest Five Over Anonymous Attacks

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ddos-is-bad-mmkay dept.

nk497 writes "Five people have been arrested in the UK, accused of taking part in Anonymous' DDOS attacks in support of WikiLeaks. The five men — aged from 15 to 26 — are still being held by police for questioning. Met Police said the investigation was a collaborative effort between forces in the UK, EU and the US."

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  1. Re:5 people.., by Chrisq · · Score: 3, Funny

    Depends on how many machines they had in their control as well as the available bandwidth from each point of origin. Technically, it only takes one person to create a DDoS. And a very effective one at that.

    Posting a link on slashdot often seems to do the job as well