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17 Year Old Arrested For Hacking Black Ops

A 17 year old hacker from Manchester, United Kingdom has been arrested for a hack putting Black Ops "Out of Commission". The hack was named "Denial of Service" and left many pc users unable to play the game.

Supposedly a malicious program called "Phenom Booter" was behind this. This was being put up for sale on some forums and it would allow you to score more points on COD and stop others from playing.

Activision was quick to act as they tracked his I.P. address and contacted police to have the kid arrested. He is in custody at the moment and awaiting further assessment. My thoughts when I read this was, "Was that worth it getting arrested for something as dumb as this" I mean come on, you just got yourself in a heap of trouble for a pointless hack that just makes the game unplayable for others. I can understand prestige glitching and etc. But this is taking it a little too far in my opinion. What do you guys think? Should people draw a line on hacking COD?

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i dnt blame them, it was still stopping alotta ppl from playing and it is a polular game. i would do the same if i was treyarch

Wow the police spend there time wisely...

Half of the MW2 players would be arrested if Activision did this for MW2.

Most of the people in this thread can't read. He DDoS'ed the servers, that's serious business and not the same as a prestige hack.

this is just a game, activision need too get a life if this is what they are doing too hackers of black ops.

Guy is such a thik twat... shame he got wut he deserved

That doesn't really make sense. It's Activisions job to make sure their games are flawless and have no problems. Besides I don't think you would be too happy if you couldn't even play Black Ops because of a hacker.

Didnt see this coming, But considering its Really Craking. And thats illigal right?

i se where you're coming from, but this is a little too serious no? yes, i would be pissed if i couldn't play Black Ops, but i wouldn't go and kill myself, i have plenty of other games too enjoy, and yes, i know they want theyre games too be unhackable, but being sentenced for it? thats just taking it too far, perhaps a fine of £100 or something that doesn't mean shit. Although, i think they will use this as a warning, to all other hackers that they are serious and there will be consiquences if they do hack.