Suspect Behind World's Biggest DDoS Attack Arrested

A Dutchman on Thursday was arrested and charged with being behind one of the biggest cyber attacks ever, according to reports. The man has only been identified by his initials "SK," his age (35-years-old), and his nationality

According to a press release (Google Translation) by the Dutch Public Prosecutor Service on Friday, SK was arrested in Barcelona by Spanish authorities the day before

The unnamed man "is suspected of unprecedented heavy attacks on the non-profit organization Spamhaus," according to the press release.

SK's arrest was made following a European warrant issued after a series of massive Distributed Denial of Service Attacks (DDoS) on Spamhaus, an anti-spam organization. The authorities seized the man's computers and mobile phones as well. Read more...