(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I am not sure if this happened in call of duty black ops because it just says call of duty.

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A teenager has been arrested in connection with a cyber attack which put the online version of the computer game Call of Duty out of action.

The 17-year-old was arrested in the Beswick area of Manchester by the Metropolitan Police's central e-crime unit earlier.

It followed a "denial of service" attack, which saw large numbers of people unable to play the game online.

Games company Activision contacted police in September this year.

Denial of service attacks are aimed at making websites unusable.

The attack was facilitated via a malicious programme called "Phenom Booter", which was also being offered for sale on a web forum which allowed those playing Call of Duty to score more points while stopping other people playing the game.

Detectives established that the server was hosted within the UK and further investigation traced the IP address more specifically to the Greater Manchester area.
'Commercial impact'

The teenager, arrested on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act, is currently in police custody.

Det Insp Paul Hoare said: "Online gaming is a major retail sector with millions of titles being sold in the run-up to Christmas worldwide.

"Programmes marketed in order to disrupt the online infrastructure not only affect individual players but have commercial and reputational consequences for the companies concerned.

"These games attract both children and young people to the online environment and this type of crime can often be the precursor to further offending in more traditional areas of online crime."

This had nothing do do with Black Ops. Did you actually read it? They have to do something if people who bought the game can't play it.

Except that he could have cost Activision thousands of dollars.

Yet activision will making millions...

THIS JUST IN: Stealing from people who are rich is acceptable, please proceed to the nearest millionaire in an orderly fashion.

A) some guy quote me saying i couldn't live without black ops or whatever, so i responded saying i have a life, B) I did read it -.-, you just didn't read the person who quoted me.

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Haha, oh shi* im gunna get robbed lol

Damn, you stole my 15 seconds of fame there :carling:

Either way, that shows how bad Activisions servers are protected

[quote='[xG]RawR;2066114']Damn, you stole my 15 seconds of fame there :carling:

Either way, that shows how bad Activisions servers are protected [/quote]

No one is safe from a DDoS attack. There's no way to protect yourself from it.

You can be arrested for anything, that doesn't mean you're guilty.

So... It was 3ARC then :shh::carling: