A cyber criminal has admitted conducting a malicious campaign of attacks against childrens’ social services, social housing, and crime prevention websites.
Ian Sullivan of Bootle, Merseyside, carried out a series of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in 2013 and his targets included a range of business and public sector websites, including multi-national banks, sites providing support for children going through adoption and divorce proceedings, crime reporting sites and social housing organisations.
No sensitive information was gained from any of the sites, but Sullivan’s actions resulted in over 300 websites being taken offline, leaving thousands of users unable to access important information.
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