 Posted: Thu 0:16, 28 Nov 2013 Post subject: ThinkSpain reported Sunday.Kamphuis |
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| Spanish police charge Dutchman Sven Olaf Kamphuis in cyberattack
BARCELONA, Spain, April 29 () -- A Dutch citizen was arrested in Spain in what officials called the world's largest cyberattack.Sven Olaf Kamphuis is accused of launching a distributed denial-of-service attack on Spamhaus, a non-profit organization that detects spam email at its source and blocks it,[url=http://www.christianelouboutinoutlet.com]Christian Louboutin Discount[/url], ThinkSpain reported Sunday.Kamphuis, 35, is reported to be the manager of Cyberbunker and organizer of the group Stophaus. Authorities said he traveled all over Spain in a van equipped with antennas that allowed him to stage the attacks without being tracked.Maria Buyo,[url=http://www.christianslouboutinsales.com]Christian Louboutin Outlet Online[/url], a representative of the National Police in Barcelona, said authorities in the Netherlands had begun investigating the cyberattack after huge amounts of data were sent to the anti-spam site in an attempt to shut it down.Buyo said the cyberattack slowed the Internet around the world.Authorities alleged that Kamphuis staged the attack because Spamhaus had blocked a number of servers hosted by Cyberbunker.Kamphuis told the media that Spamhaus "did not have the right" to choose "what should and should not" be on the Web. |
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