DDoS attack made it impossible for people to play online.
Call of Duty: Black Ops screenshot
An unnamed teenager was arrested today in connection with a DDoS attack on Call of Duty: Black Ops' online servers.
The 17-year-old boy, who is currently in police custody, was arrested on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act. He was allegedly using a program called the Phenom Booter, which police located in the Beswick area of Manchester by the Metropolitan Police's central e-crime unit.
Activision contacted the police in September this year.
Detective Inspector Paul Hoare told the BBC: "Programs marketed in order to disrupt the online infrastructure not only affect individual players but have commercial and reputational consequences for the companies concerned.
"These games attract both children and young people to the online environment and this type of crime can often be the precursor to further offending in more traditional areas of online crime."
