Call of Duty online spoilsport arrested - Games

[url=http://uk.videogames.games.yahoo.com/blog/article/19541/jail-for-call-of-duty-hacker.html]Source[/url] [quote]A British teenager who prevented players from joining Call of Duty online games has been taken into police custody, pending further investigations. The unnamed 17-year-old boy used a computer hack called “Phenom Booter” to stop players from accessing the servers that run Call of Duty’s online multiplayer games. He now finds himself charged with violating the UK’s ‘Computer Misuse Act’ of 1990 for his troubles. And the rest is history. Manchester police were tipped off by Call of Duty publishers Activision when large numbers of players were able to join online games. They were then able to track the boy down using his computer’s IP address, and came to call while he was still in bed. Detective Inspective Paul Hoare explains why such draconian actions were necessary for a crime that was probably intended as a little bit of mischief. "Programs marketed in order to disrupt the online infrastructure not only affect individual players but have commercial and reputational consequences for the companies concerned," he tells the BBC. "These games attract both children and young people to the online environment and this type of crime can often be the precursor to further offending in more traditional areas of online crime."[/quote]

CoD kiddies, oh you!

Aw I thought it was going to be Kotick who was arrested.

Damn skiddies.

Hes Doing it wrong.block Activision

Sounds like he was doing those players a favor

[QUOTE=RichyZ;26609322]don't like my minecraft or tf2 then you shouldn't be able to like any games other than those[/QUOTE] I don't like Minecraft or TF2 :smug:

[QUOTE=JesterUK;26609349]I don't like Minecraft or TF2 :smug:[/QUOTE] I don't like games then you shouldn't be able to play them

[QUOTE=Tacosheller;26609452]I don't like games then you shouldn't be able to play them[/QUOTE] dude that's a pretty ignorant mindset

[QUOTE=JesterUK;26609484]dude that's a pretty ignorant mindset[/QUOTE] So you agree with my point

I don't dislike Black Ops, I was kidding.

[QUOTE=JesterUK;26609541]I don't dislike Black Ops, I was kidding.[/QUOTE] I was just being a spoilsport [editline]10th December 2010[/editline] online

[QUOTE=Tacosheller;26609570]I was just being a spoilsport [editline]10th December 2010[/editline] online[/QUOTE] That was horrible.

I think it's a good thing he was stopped. I don't like the game, doesn't mean that I have to stop everyone else from having fun. Doing this is just like hacking, you ruin fun for many people

He was DoSing servers. [url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/106012-UK-Police-Arrest-Teen-Over-Call-of-Duty-Hacking]Source[/url] And why do both sources refer to this as a "hack?" DoSing is not hacking. Also, lol, he paid for a DoSer.

Arresting him feels a bit harsh. Why not ban his account or something.

This is hilarious. More skiddies in prison please

Damn british troublemakers. :argh: