Feds Arrest GeneSimmons.Com Attacker
gManZboy writes “Federal authorities have arrested an alleged member of Anonymous in connection with an “Operation Payback” attack against the website of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons. The charges stem from a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Simmons’ website over a five-day period in 2010. Simmons apparently drew the ire of the Anonymous set after he lambasted their peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading proclivities during a 2010 MIPCOM entertainment content media conference panel discussion, where he lamented the failure of the music industry ‘to sue every fresh-faced, freckle-faced college kid who downloaded material.’”
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