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Second arrest in response to DDoS attack on Spamhaus

ID: 0586c481-daed-52a7-9e7f-d1f0cc83067f

STIX ID: report--0586c481-daed-52a7-9e7f-d1f0cc83067f

Feed Name: The Spamhaus Project

Threat Score
50/100

Date Published: 2014-07-07

Date Updated: 2026-04-30

Author: The Spamhaus Team

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The report recounts the March 2013 record-setting DDoS campaign by the Russian-based group 'Stophaus' against Spamhaus, noting escalation from targeting Spamhaus infrastructure to broader Internet exchanges, the disruption caused to services worldwide, and subsequent arrests and charges announced by UK and Dutch authorities; Spamhaus' anti-spam data distribution remained uninterrupted.

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