UK police reveal they are running fake DDoS-for-hire sites to collect details on cybercriminals

There's bad news if you're someone who is keen to launch a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack to boot a website off the internet, but don't have the know-how to do it yourself.

Rather than hiring the help of cybercriminals to bombard a site with unwanted traffic or kick rivals out of a video game, you might be actually handing your details straight over to the police.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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