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UK teen arrested for CoD server attack

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A passionate 17-year-old Codblopper from the UK was arrested Thursday after he took down Call of Duty: Black Ops‘ servers with a denial of service attack. The college student decided he would try to game the… game, disallowing other players from killing him by preventing them from getting online. The teenager was picked up by “Scotland Yard’s Central e-Crime Unit.”

Image: Call of Duty Black Ops boxart. Copyright Activision.

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