17-year-old admits to seven offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990
Attack that took major websites offline blamed on insecure connected devices
Massive DDoS attack on web host OVH may have peaked at 1.5 terabits per second
Tier-one provider uses threat intelligence and advanced routing and filtering to see off attacks
Probing DDoS attacks reminiscent of Cold War tactics
Advertising network Tiger Media also under fire from adult entertainment company ALS Scan
John McAdam tells Computing about a cable company brought down by a flood of requests to connected devices on its network
Project Shield has been released for use by news and human rights organisations
Seven per cent of company's broadband base has left since data breach, finds Kantar Worldpanel ComTech
Bank claims that it 'successfully defended' its systems - but online service remains down