A website linked to millions of global cyber attacks has been closed down after a joint operation by US and UK crime agencies . Webstresser.org could be hired for just £ 10 ( $ 10 ) to organise distributed denial of service ( DDoS ) attacks to disable servers . Servers in the US , Germany and the Netherlands were seized , and suspected members arrested . Webstresser was used to attack the UK ’s largest banks last year , which had to shut systems down as a result . A website linked to more than 4m cyber-attacks worldwide, including against some of Britain’s biggest banks, has been shut down following a UK- and Netherlands-led operation. The website allowed people with little technical knowledge to launch attacks , and targets have included banks , police forces and gaming companies .
A website linked to millions of global cyber attacks has been closed down after a joint operation by US and UK crime agencies . Webstresser.org could be hired for just £ 10 ( $ 10 ) to organise distributed denial of service ( DDoS ) attacks to disable servers . Servers in the US , Germany and the Netherlands were seized , and suspected members arrested . Webstresser was used to attack the UK ’s largest banks last year , which had to shut systems down as a result . The website allowed people with little technical knowledge to launch attacks , and targets have included banks , police forces and gaming companies .