Suspected DDoS blackmailers arrested at Heathrow airport

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, August 12, 2013 10:19 am | Filed under: Denial of Service, Law & order

British police have arrested two men in connection with an internet attack against an online gambling website.

The two Polish men, who have been named by the media as Piotr Smirnow, 31, of Warsaw, and 35-year-old Patryk Surmacki, of Szczecin, were arrested at Heathrow airport on Wednesday on suspicion of threatening a Manchester-based online casino with a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack.

It is alleged that the men launched a 36-hour denial-of-service attack against the Club World Casino on August 2 2013, effectively preventing customers from visiting the site as it was too bombarded with traffic.

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[dunover]

Bit of a necromance here but I watched a BBC programme 'Moment of Proof' last night about this, interesting stuff!

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[satchnz]

I just watched it. Thanks for the heads up @dunover .

But having to pick up “the codes” in person on a USB stick? These guys weren’t too sharp.