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UK man arrested over zombie DDoS attacks
News Aaron Caffrey, charged with committing a DDoS attack on the port of Houston's IT systems, was acquitted in 2003. A UK man is due in court today over claims he used a network of zombies to commit distributed... [17 Jan 2005]
Hacker chatroom secrets exposed
News The hackers accused of secretly planting a Trojan horse on the computer of Aaron Caffrey, the UK teenager acquitted of bringing down the systems of one of the largest ports in the US, have spoken exclusively to... [24 Oct 2003]
'Trust me, I'm an IT expert'
Comment A two-week trial that saw detailed examination of chatroom logs and transcripts and expert witness testimony on denial of service attacks, Trojan horses and Zombies finally ended today with the acquittal of 19-year old Aaron... [17 Oct 2003]
Teen cleared of hacking charge
News The jury returned a unanimous verdict after after three hours and found Aaron Caffrey, 19, from Dorset not guilty of a single charge of unauthorised modification of computer material. Both the defence and prosecution... [17 Oct 2003]
Jury out in UK teen hacker case
News Aaron Caffrey, 19, has pleaded not guilty to unauthorised modifications of a computer contrary to Section 3 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990. A denial of service attack on the Port of Houston in Texas in 2001 was traced... [15 Oct 2003]
UK teen accused over port attack part of "elite" hacking group
News Aaron Caffrey, 19, claims that his computer was hijacked by two hackers known as Dry Ice and Friction using a Trojan Horse to remotely control his PC without his knowledge. Caffrey was arrested last year... [14 Oct 2003]
Expert witness dismisses UK hacking suspect's defence
News The defence counsel for Aaron Caffrey, who is on trial at Southwark Crown Court, had said that his client's computer could have been compromised by a hacker who had altered the system's log files - which record how the... [09 Oct 2003]
UK port hacker: 'I was framed'
News In his interview with the police, which was read out in court on Tuesday, Aaron Caffrey said: "My OS supports remote admin and remote assistance. Caffrey added: "Someone has edited those log files.just... [08 Oct 2003]
Botched hack brings down major US port
News The Port of Houston in Texas had its servers hijacked by Aaron Caffrey, 19, from Shaftesbury in Dorset, who used a well-known 'Unicode' exploit to take advantage of security vulnerabilities in Microsoft's IIS web server... [07 Oct 2003]
