Suspect Arrested In Spamhaus DDoS Attack 95
New submitter apenzott writes "According to the BBC, a Dutch citizen has been arrested by Spanish police who suspect he was behind the recent Spamhaus DDOS attack, one of the biggest such attacks ever. 'The man arrested is believed to be Sven Kamphuis, the owner and manager of Dutch hosting firm Cyberbunker that has been implicated in the attack.' According to a press release from the Dutch Public Prosecutor (Google translation of Dutch original), the 35-year-old man's computers and other devices have been seized as evidence. The man will be transferred from Spain to the Netherlands shortly. 'Spamhaus is delighted at the news that an individual has been arrested and is grateful to the Dutch police for the resources they have made available and the way they have worked with us,' said a Spamhaus spokesman."
Re:shocker (Score:4, Informative)
That bunker and the name 'cyberbunker' are just marketing. He doesn't actually have any presence in that bunker and hasn't for years.
The guy is a lying con-man as well as a DDOS scumbag.
Re:Hangin's too good for him (Score:4, Informative)
An infected machine in my network got our company on the XBL the morning the DDOS started.
Please stop being lazy and inconsiderate, add the two firewall rules to your router to stop attacking the internet.
Allow outbound dest port 25 from your mail servers IP.
DENY outbound dest port 25 (from everything else)
You wouldn't have that problem, that infection wouldn't be attacking all of our systems, and you wouldn't be making such stupid comments about a blacklist that rightfully listed you.