US authorities charged Michaela Gabriella King, 18, of Murrysville, Pennsylvania with launching multiple DDoS attacks against Franklin Regional High School, the school she was attending.
According to investigators, King used the BetaBooter DDoS stressor to launch DDoS attacks on her's school's network, from her home computer, her mobile phone, but most of the time from computers at school.
According to school officials, the attacks started on October 31, and each one disrupted the school's network from 10 to 45 minutes.
Because the school's network was hosted on the server infrastructure of the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit, a regional educational service agency, other school districts and agencies were also affected.
This includes the network of the Westmoreland County government, the Catholic diocese of Greensburg, and more than a dozen of school districts that include Derry Area, Greater Latrobe, Greensburg Salem, Ligonier Valley, Kiski Area, Jeannette, Burrell, Monessen, Greensburg Central Catholic, and Hempfield Area.
Following the attacks, the school's supervisor of technology notified authorities, who investigated the case and eventually tracked down the attack to King. Police seized eight personal computers, tablets, laptops, and King's smartphone from her residence.
The 18-year-old student admitted to using her PayPal account to pay for membership on the BetaBooter service.
According to Tribune-Review, King told investigators that she considered herself a "computer genius." Her case will continue with a preliminary hearing on December 20.
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Comments
Viper_Security - 9 years ago
Using a browser based D/Dos attack?... NOT a computer Genius... lmao, another case of someone who doesn't fully comprehend what they're doing, now the oblivious girl is going to jail, serves em right. Do NOT mess with things you have no idea how to use.
ESPECIALLY BROWSER BASED D/DOS ATTACKS THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR
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Aura - 9 years ago
Paying for a booter.
Ever.
Script Kiddie 2k16.
inkoalawetrust - 9 years ago
i love how you censored the site and the proceeded to embed a tweet on the article with the link to it
campuscodi - 9 years ago
:))) removed
hollowface - 9 years ago
Wonder why.
peterracine - 9 years ago
Maybe she is a genius I mean, it is hard remembering all those passwords for all of those accounts right?
tylert95 - 9 years ago
When an 18 year old boy uses a stressor to DDoS his school, he's a "script kiddie". When an 18 year old girl does the same, she's a "computer genius".
Viper_Security - 9 years ago
"When an 18 year old boy uses a stressor to DDoS his school, he's a "script kiddie". When an 18 year old girl does the same, she's a "computer genius"."
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Agreed, in either situation if you use a browser based D/DoS tool you're a Skid. Haha.
TheDcoder - 9 years ago
But the way, the reason for quotes in the title: "Computer Genius" is because "she considered herself a computer genius." ;)
Pugglerock - 9 years ago
>When you want to be part of the cool kids but need a website to do it for you.