Dutch Arrest Man for Attack on Prosecutor's Website

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Source: Reuters

Dutch arrest man for attack on prosecutor's website
Sat Dec 11, 2010 2:38pm EST

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police arrested a 19-year-old man on Saturday on suspicion of joint responsibility for a cyber attack on the website of the public prosecution office.

The so-called "denial of service" attack on the prosecution website on Friday came a day after Dutch police arrested a 16-year-old youth in connection with cyber attacks by WikiLeaks supporters.

The 19-year-old, arrested in Hoogezand-Sappemeer in the north of the country, is suspected of using hacking software to launch attacks that slowed the prosecutor's website down for hours and briefly made it unavailable.

The prosecutor's office also said the man was suspected of urging other people to participate in the attack. Police seized a computer in the arrest and a replica of an Italian pistol.

Read more: http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BA25Y20101211?ca=rdt

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1. Where are the arrests over attacks on WikiLeaks? n/t