US teen pleads guilty over Scientology DDoS attacks

sjb007 · 05-14-2009, 03:32 AM

A US teenager has admitted involvement in a high profile denial of service attack against Scientology websites last year.

Dmitriy Guzner of Verona, New Jersey, 19, pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of using a botnet of compromised PCs in order to flood Church of Scientology-related websites with spurious traffic back in January 2008. Guzner faces between 12 and 18 months at a sentencing hearing, due to take place on 24 August.

Guzner identified himself among the members of the Anonymous group which has been actively protesting against the Church of Scientology since last year, Assistant U.S. Attorney Wesley Hsu told a Newark Court, AP reports. Papers against Guzner were filed last October in a Los Angeles federal court before the case was moved to New Jersey.

Anonymous launched an ongoing campaign against the Church of Scientology in January 2008 after the controversial organisation attempted to pressurise websites into pulling an infamous video of Tom Cruise, taken at an earlier church awards event.

Tactics used since have moved on from nuisance phone calls to Church of Scientology premises and denial of service attacks to monthly, peaceful protests outside Church facilities. Members of loosely-affiliated group are known for wearing Guy Fawkes-style masks during protests.

Guzner is the first member of Anonymous to be charged over the DDoS attacks. It's unclear how the authorities tracked down Guzner or whether he was implicated in other incidents of cybercrime beyond attempts to blitz Church of Scientology websites. ®

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05...s_attack_plea/

Mcninjaguy · 05-15-2009, 09:39 PM

I wished scientology was outlawed. Its too bad they found Dmitriy Guzner, Cults need to be banned like Scientology

TJ Belfiore · 05-16-2009, 01:16 AM

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL He's Anonymous!!!! WE WON!

~~cat-bomb~~ · 05-19-2009, 01:57 PM

dang, jails a bad place for a geek...

TJ Belfiore · 05-19-2009, 02:03 PM

Anonymous will help him.

~~cat-bomb~~ · 05-19-2009, 04:50 PM

Help him what? Make scotch in the toilet? Or show him how to make a shank?
A shank will help…

TJ Belfiore · 05-19-2009, 07:36 PM

I dunno, everyone's Anonymous - anyone could help him.

05-14-2009, 03:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
sjb007 Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 2,257 OS: Windows 7 Premium x64 My System	US teen pleads guilty over Scientology DDoS attacks A US teenager has admitted involvement in a high profile denial of service attack against Scientology websites last year. Dmitriy Guzner of Verona, New Jersey, 19, pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of using a botnet of compromised PCs in order to flood Church of Scientology-related websites with spurious traffic back in January 2008. Guzner faces between 12 and 18 months at a sentencing hearing, due to take place on 24 August. Guzner identified himself among the members of the Anonymous group which has been actively protesting against the Church of Scientology since last year, Assistant U.S. Attorney Wesley Hsu told a Newark Court, AP reports. Papers against Guzner were filed last October in a Los Angeles federal court before the case was moved to New Jersey. Anonymous launched an ongoing campaign against the Church of Scientology in January 2008 after the controversial organisation attempted to pressurise websites into pulling an infamous video of Tom Cruise, taken at an earlier church awards event. Tactics used since have moved on from nuisance phone calls to Church of Scientology premises and denial of service attacks to monthly, peaceful protests outside Church facilities. Members of loosely-affiliated group are known for wearing Guy Fawkes-style masks during protests. Guzner is the first member of Anonymous to be charged over the DDoS attacks. It's unclear how the authorities tracked down Guzner or whether he was implicated in other incidents of cybercrime beyond attempts to blitz Church of Scientology websites. ® http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05...s_attack_plea/ __________________ If we have helped you then please consider donating Proud Member of ASAP & UNITE Since 2007

05-15-2009, 09:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: US teen pleads guilty over Scientology DDoS attacks I wished scientology was outlawed. Its too bad they found Dmitriy Guzner, Cults need to be banned like Scientology Last edited by Glaswegian; 05-19-2009 at 02:49 PM. Reason: No need for the language - this is a family forum.

05-16-2009, 01:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
TJ Belfiore As you wish Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: 530 Posts: 3,498 OS: 7 x64, XP x32	Re: US teen pleads guilty over Scientology DDoS attacks LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL He's Anonymous!!!! WE WON! __________________ Signature by TJ Belfiore

05-19-2009, 01:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~cat-bomb~~ Troubled Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3 OS: win xp media sp3	Re: US teen pleads guilty over Scientology DDoS attacks dang, jails a bad place for a geek...

05-19-2009, 02:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
TJ Belfiore As you wish Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: 530 Posts: 3,498 OS: 7 x64, XP x32	Re: US teen pleads guilty over Scientology DDoS attacks Anonymous will help him. __________________ Signature by TJ Belfiore

05-19-2009, 04:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
~~cat-bomb~~ Troubled Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3 OS: win xp media sp3	Re: US teen pleads guilty over Scientology DDoS attacks Help him what? Make scotch in the toilet? Or show him how to make a shank? A shank will help…

05-19-2009, 07:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
TJ Belfiore As you wish Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: 530 Posts: 3,498 OS: 7 x64, XP x32	Re: US teen pleads guilty over Scientology DDoS attacks I dunno, everyone's Anonymous - anyone could help him. __________________ Signature by TJ Belfiore