To teenagere på 18 og 19 år er blevet arresteret i Norge i forbindelse med en række DDoS-angreb. Det skriver it-sikkerhedsfirmaet Sophos i en pressemeddelelse.
Den norske efterforskningstjeneste nægter at gå i detaljer, men de to teenagere har angiveligt rettet DDoS-angreb mod det norske lotteri, det norske politis sikkerhedstjeneste, den norske bank DNB, det tyske magasin Bild og det britiske Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).
Et DDoS-angreb betyder i praksis at man overbelaster en hjemmeside med trafik og blokerer andre besøgende fra siden.
Hvis de to teenagere bliver dømt skyldige i at blokere hjemmesiderne, risikerer de op til seks års fængsel.
Norska tonåringar anhållna för hackerattacker
Two teenagers have been arrested in Norway in connection with a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against websites in the country, and elsewhere around the world.
Norway's National Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS) has refused to go into much detail of which websites were targeted by the attacks, but news reports have suggested that victims are believed to include the Norwegian Lottery, the Norwegian Police Security Service, the Norwegian bank DNB, Germany's Bild Magazine, and the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).
SOCA was hit by a high profile denial-of-service attack last week, preventing internet users from reaching it.
The motivation for the attacks is presently unclear.
The arrested teenagers, who have not been named, are aged 18 and 19 years, and are said to have launched the attacks over a period lasting "several weeks", flooding websites with unwanted traffic to such an extent that legitimate visitors would find them inaccessible. In simple terms, a DDoS attack is the equivalent of "15 fat men trying to get through a revolving door at the same time" - nothing can move.
If found guilty, the teenagers could face a maximum sentence of six years in jail.
Once again, it seems worth reminding computer users that participating in a denial-of-service attack is against the law, and is not viewed leniently by the authorities.
...men det er dyrt at lave god journalistik. Derfor beder vi dig overveje at tegne abonnement på Version2.
Digitaliseringen buldrer derudaf, og it-folkene tegner fremtidens Danmark. Derfor er det vigtigere end nogensinde med et kvalificeret bud på, hvordan it bedst kan være med til at udvikle det danske samfund og erhvervsliv.
Og der har aldrig været mere akut brug for en kritisk vagthund, der råber op, når der tages forkerte it-beslutninger.
Den rolle har Version2 indtaget siden 2006 - og det bliver vi ved med.
