Vietnamese botnet-keeper arrested

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Aug 3, 2006

Student launched DDoS attacks 'just for fun'.

A Hanoi student who used the forums he ran to recruit and control a botnet has been arrested. The as-yet-unnamed youth used the botnet to launch DDoS attacks on local websites, apparently 'just for fun'.

The youth was tracked down by Vietnamese e-security police unit 'C15', in collaboration with a local network security firm.

Read the full story in the Thanhnien News.

Posted on 03 August 2006 by Virus Bulletin

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