Website linked to cyber-attacks against UK banks is shut down
(The Guardian Netherlands)

Webstresser.org, which had 136,000 users, could be rented for £10 to launch DDoS attacksA website linked to more than 4m cyber-attacks worldwide, including against some of Britain´s biggest banks, has been shut down following a UK- and Netherlands-led operation.Webstresser.org had 136,000 registered users and could be rented for about £10 to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, in which high volumes of internet traffic are launched at target computers to disable them. Related: Explainer: what is `DNS`, why does it matter and how does it work? Continue reading...