FBI Seizes Computers From Cybervandals Who May Have Attacked GENE SIMMONS And KISS
May 6, 2011, 13 years ago
According to the Seattle Times, the FBI has seized computers and other items it thinks may link a Gig Harbor man to a loose-knit group of cybervandals who have attacked websites and individuals who want to regulate sharing music and videos over the Internet.
A search warrant unsealed in US District Court in Tacoma said federal agents pinpointed the individual after the attorney for rock star Gene Simmons, the bassist for the group KISS, turned over records of a so-called "Distributed Denial-of-Service" (DDoS) attack on the rocker's website shortly after Simmons offered keynote remarks at a conference at a cyber-marketing convention in Cannes, France, last October.
Simmons gave a keynote address at the MIPCOM conference and made comments about the record industry's failure to address peer-to-peer file sharing or enforce copyright laws.
On October 14, 2010, 10 days after his speech, three Simmons and KISS-related websites were attacked from computers using programs designed to overload the sites and force them to crash. Another attack occurred four days later, forcing the websites to crash for several days.
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