Two young people caught for DDoS attacks

utrecht - Police have arrested two young cyber criminals to threaten to shut down the site of the Tax Office a few weeks ago. It is a 19-year resident of Ursem and a 15-year resident of Cuijk. Previously had been arrested a 17-year-old suspect from Alkmaar.

These young people would, except for the threat of a DDoS attack on the tax authorities, have been involved in successful DDoS attacks on two other rural sites in late March.

In a DDoS attack, servers so harassed that they become overloaded and unusable. According to police, it is relatively easy to download cheap software and commit cyber crimes.