Six suspects have stopped large-scale DDoS attacks

Police arrested six suspects of large-scale digital attacks. The suspects from Drenthe, Friesland and Groningen reportedly carried out DDoS attacks via Webstresser.org, according to the police, the largest cybercrime site in the world.

DDoS attacks are used to overload sites and paralyze them. In the past, banks and government agencies such as the Dutch tax and customs administration have been affected by such attacks.

Via Webstresser, which was deployed in April, users could "order" digital attacks for 15 euros per month. 136,000 subscribers have been registered worldwide on the site. They had four million total attacks

International Action

After Webstresser was fired from the air, the four suspicious administrators were arrested in Serbia, Croatia, Canada and the United States. United Kingdom in international police action. The police then announced that all Dutch users of Webstresser would be arrested.

The police can not say how many Dutch people have made DDoS attacks via Webstresser. Detection of DDoS criminals is carried out by all regional units separately.

Man of 22

In May, a 22-year-old man from Hoofddorp was arrested, who was attacked by an accommodation company where 450 websites were registered. . The North Holland police then reported that twelve other people in this region could also expect a visit.

The police were also unable to say how many people had been arrested.