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Kids won't stop launching DDoS attacks against their schools:
The cybercrime unit of the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) is stepping up a program designed to educate children about the ramifications of DDoS attacks.
As explained in a post on the NCA website, the initiative is informed by recent research that suggests kids as young as nine are guilty of launching DDoS attacks against their school networks, websites and other services.
According to the report, the volume of such attacks has risen sharply during the pandemic, presumably causing disruption to online learning activities.
The Cyber Choices campaign identifies potential offenders by tracking searches associated with cybercrime made by kids on school computers. These mischief-makers are presented with an alert warning against criminal activity and funnelled towards the Cyber Choices website, which hosts a range of educational materials.
The initiative has been undergoing a small-scale trial for a number of months, and early data suggests this type of intervention can significantly reduce the volume of DDoS-related searches in schools.
Off the back of this early success, the initiative will now go live in upwards of 2,000 primary and secondary schools, before rolling out to a wider range of institutions up and down the UK. The hope is to divert youngsters away from cybercriminal activity by increasing awareness of the Computer Misuse Act and the consequences of cybercrime.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 25 2022, @11:44PM (9 children)
When my boys were in school, someone called in a bomb scare. I spent a couple very worried days, wondering if my kids had any part in it. Was very relieved to learn that my kids were innocent. The guilty party is still just as much an idiot today. I wish we could send him to Australia, but that doesn't seem to be an option. Mars could work, but that's still a few years away.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 26 2022, @12:58AM
Tell us you're a domestic terrorist without saying you're a domestic terrorist.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 26 2022, @02:26AM
> ... wondering if my kids had any part in it.
Let me guess, you were worried because you thought your kids were following in your footsteps.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 26 2022, @12:05PM (4 children)
america was convict destination before australia you know.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 26 2022, @12:33PM
'Muricans came from other countries besides England you know - and it's probably safe to say that most came voluntarily
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday January 26 2022, @03:26PM (2 children)
At the beginning it was mostly convicts and those fleeing religious persecution. Before the American Revolution, people were coming here just for the opportunity. England setup a penal Colony on the continent of Australia, right after the loss of the newly formed United States of America.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 27 2022, @02:15AM
yes upward of 50k convicts to america, a quarter of brittish migrants. will grant you are right that post revolution it was more like 160k shipped downunder instead. of course far outstripped by the 10m africans shipped to new world, but of course they had only lifetime commercial, not term based legal constraint, so not really "convicts".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 27 2022, @05:31PM
The French were big on sending convicts to the new world.
They went to the prisons and offered a new life and a prostitute/wife for anyone willing to move to Louisiana.
No, I don't know how the whole "giving a prostitute as a wife" to people thing worked. I'm guessing that women had even fewer rights back then than we imagine.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 26 2022, @01:42PM (1 child)
what do you think of the hammer to the wrists approach? reoffense tends to be very low
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 26 2022, @06:24PM
I think Islam was really into amputating body parts for various offenses. The hammer might be a better deterrent than a sword. A clean cut will heal up pretty nicely, and eventually stop hurting so much. The hammer will just mash and break stuff up, and more than likely hurt for the rest of the offender's life.