Man charged with selling cybercrime software

A student has been charged with supplying software used in a string of high-profile cyber attacks.

Jack Chappell, from Stockport, is accused of running a web business supplying software used to attack the websites of several multinational firms, including Amazon and Vodafone.

Police said the 18-yearold was charged following an investigation led by the West Midlands Regional Cyber Crime Unit, assisted by Israeli police, the FBI and Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre.

Prosecutors allege Chappell supplied Denial of Service software – which crashes websites by flooding them with huge volumes of data – and ran an online helpdesk for wouldbe hackers.

Police said Chappell was accused of helping cybercriminals target websites around the world.