(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."

Lol DoSing people in black ops is pointless.

**** the Authority. Long Live Asus. He was the DDoSer and he is the ****ing Man.

pathetic just pathetic.......

he obviously has no life.

Nudd said

That was almost as big as a fail as I am.

Except that 402 is actually a cool guy.

Wow Ain't The Police Got Any Murders To Solve Anymore They Just Picking On A Kid.

wow that f**ker deserved this, i couldn't get online for a week and now all of a sudden i could once he got caught!

I think the kid is the one that created the programe, heard he goes by the name asus (as somebody said above) I dont think its just because of that, I think its because he actualy made it and sold it rather than just used it

EDIT: apparently somebody spoke to him on msn last night and he has been released