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17 year old arrested for hacking Call of Duty Black Ops
Topic Started: Dec 26 2010, 11:11 AM (512 Views)
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...r ... -down.html

A TEEN fan of hit game Call Of Duty was last night under arrest for deliberately bringing its online version crashing down - to boost his SCORE.

The cheating Brit, 17, was tracked down by Scotland Yard cyber cops after sabotaging the site from his bedroom to prevent tens of thousands of rival players logging on.
His aim was to rack up the winning score by preventing anyone better than him killing his character. Video game giant Activision was left battling for hours to get the online version of Call Of Duty: Black Ops up and running again.
The college geek crippled the wargame site with a malicious program he wrote - which he sold online so other gamers could cheat. It bombards websites with messages until they grind to a halt under the volume - known as Denial of Service.
A massive hunt by Scotland Yard's Central e-Crime Unit traced the nerd, who is from a respectable family, to Beswick, Greater Manchester - where he was nicked for computer crime.
A police source said last night: "His whole world came crashing down when we knocked on his door at 6am.
"He was still in bed and didn't realise he was in so much trouble."
Call Of Duty: Black Ops is the fastest selling video game of all time, shifting seven million copies within 24 hours of going on sale
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I don't have Black Ops so it doesn't effect me. However, if he had crashed World of Warcraft, off with his head...not necessarily the one between his shoulders. I am evil.
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Ha that's kinda cool, but never the less, it's still illegal.
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If he still lives stay home his parents will suffer to as in the UK the could have the Internet cut off and banned from getting it else where
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Wow...that's just fail. Seriously, if you cannot do it the right way, then don't play that sort of game.
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What purpose does this solve? Is this some sort of e-penis/e-boob enlargement process?

Its like congrats you are in the Top 10 of COD players, how does that do anything productive for the rest of the world? People take these.. games too seriously, its a G A M E... I understand where you love the game, but to go to that extent to.. dsufadshghasdf;lkdfjdsaklj...
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good now go arrest those hackers in WoW :P
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What purpose does this solve? Is this some sort of e-penis/e-boob enlargement process?

Its like congrats you are in the Top 10 of COD players, how does that do anything productive for the rest of the world? People take these.. games too seriously, its a G A M E... I understand where you love the game, but to go to that extent to.. dsufadshghasdf;lkdfjdsaklj...
I agree Fluffy. I think either their penis or boobs are too small and they are overcompensting.
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I can see how it's annoying but being arrested? I kinda think it was a stupid reason for hacking though, it only shows a lack of ability to play the game well, thus the need to cheat.
Why the hell do people have to look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them I hate the color of someone's voice?
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I don't think it would have been a big deal if it wasn't for the fact he shut down the game for everyone else. That's probably what got him arrested. You just can't go around knocking down websites for your own reasons. I hope no one else gets the idea to try what he did since he made it public as to how he pulled it off. I think him getting arrested will ensure that most likely.
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Yeah pretty much.
Why the hell do people have to look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them I hate the color of someone's voice?
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