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Canadian teen arrested in DoS attacks

A group of law enforcement agencies from the U.S. and Canada worked together to arrest a 15-year-old Canadian boy and charge him with the February denial-of-service attacks on CNN, Yahoo, eBay and other sites.
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A group of law enforcement agencies from the U.S. and Canada worked together to arrest a 15-year-old Canadian boy and charge him with the February denial-of-service attacks on CNN, Yahoo, eBay and other sites. The youth, whose name is not being released due to his age, used the handle "MafiaBoy." He was arrested Saturday and charged Monday with two counts of mischief to data. More to follow. -- Margaret Kane, ZDNet News

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