July 12, 2005

NHTCU Investigates Manchester DoS Attack

Computer crime experts at the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) have been called in to help investigate an attempted denial of service attack on Greater Manchester Police.

GMP chief constable Michael Todd was bombarded with 2,000 emails per hour at the beginning of May in what is believed to have been an attempt to crash the force's computer systems. - Silicon.Com