Estonian police arrested a suspected of DoS attacks

12th May 2007

Estonian police has detained 19-year old resident of Tallinn who is suspected in the organization of distributed DOS-attacks on the servers of governmental organizations of the country. According to France Presse agency, referring to the announcement of representatives of the Estonian Office of Public Prosecutor, calls for DOS-attacks the young man named Dmitry placed on numerous forums in the Internet. In doing so, Dmitry indicated in his messages addresses of servers of Estonian organizations. The police emphasizes that Dmitry is the first apprehended person suspected in the organization of DOS-attacks. However, the investigation has not been completed yet. During the mass riots sweeping Estonia at the end of last month, cybercriminals upset the operation of several servers of government establishments of the country and the mass media. Many attacks were carried out from other countries.