Spain Arrests Suspect In Biggest Cyber Attack On Record

Spamhaus Attack: Dutchman SK Arrested In Spain For 'Biggest Ever' Cyberattack -- The Telegraph

A Dutchman has been arrested in Spain in connection with last month's unprecedented cyberattack that reportedly slowed down the Internet, the Dutch prosecution service said.

The 35-year-old identified, only as S.K., was arrested in Barcelona and the house where he was staying searched by Spanish police, said a statement.

"He is suspected of involvement in the attack and so the prosecution service asked for his arrest," spokesman Wim de Bruin told AFP on Saturday.

Last month's attack targeted Spamhaus, a Geneva-based volunteer group that publishes spam blacklists used by networks to filter out unwanted email, and led to cyberspace congestion.

Spamhaus blamed the attack on Dutch web-hosting service Cyberbunker.

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WNU Editor: RT interviewed Cyberbunkers Kamphuis last month. That interview (which is brief) is here.