Mafiaboy arrested by police again
News The 16-year-old alleged hacker, who cannot be named under Canadian law but uses the online moniker "Mafiaboy", was originally arrested 19 April, accused of launching distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on CNN, eBay, Yahoo!
[December 7, 2000, 12:13]
"Mafiaboy" arrested in Canada for DoS attacks
News The youth is believed to go by the hacking alias, "Mafiaboy", which has been linked by the FBI with February's attacks. The FBI said they identified "Mafiaboy" as a potential suspect after examining servers at the University of California and chat...
[April 19, 2000, 11:15]
Security experts: Give 'Mafiaboy' a break
News Security professionals and hackers that break into networks for a living urged compassion in the case of 'Mafiaboy,' the 15-year-old Internet vandal accused of bringing down CNN.com during February's denial-of-service attacks.
[April 20, 2000, 8:30]
'Zombie attacks': Web crackdown widens
News Agents are said to be focusing on computer users with the online nicknames "Coolio" and "Mafiaboy". This month's rash of "zombie attacks" on popular Web sites is already resulting in greater cooperation between law-enforcement agencies and the...
[February 21, 2000, 9:06]
FBI investigating new Web attack
News Last week, a 15-year-old Canadian boy -- who called himself "Mafiaboy" online -- was arrested by law enforcement agencies from the United States and Canada. Top-5 Internet service provider AboveNet Communications suffered a Denial-of-Service attack...
[April 26, 2000, 8:18]
Security a low priority in Y2K
News In April, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the FBI arrested a 15-year-old Montreal-area boy, who used the name "Mafiaboy" online, and charged him with the attack on CNN.com. The apocalypse widely expected to bring the tech world to its knees...
[December 27, 2000, 12:15]
Should you hire an ex-hacker?
News Magee admits that plenty of hackers like Mafiaboy, the Canadian hacker who broke into Yahoo, eBay, Dell and CNN's Web sites and immobilised them for several hours, are out to wreak havoc. Mafiaboy's exploits are meticulously described in Dan Verton...
[June 17, 2002, 10:56]
Web attack manhunt 'impossible'
News On Wednesday, someone using the handle "mafiaboy" and allegedly based in Canada claimed that he initiated the attacks. It will be virtually impossible (to track the attackers down)," said a "white-hat hacker" who identifies himself as "Mixter" and...
[February 11, 2000, 8:20]
Web attackers knock out Microsoft sites
News Canadian and United States law-enforcement officials are prosecuting a Canadian teenager -- who allegedly used the handle "Mafiaboy" -- as the culprit in the attacks last Feburary. During the morning of 25 January, Microsoft was the target of a...
[January 26, 2001, 8:18]
