California Man Indicted In Colorado Computer Attack

DENVER (AP) - A California man has been indicted by a federal grand jury as a result of attempts to shut down a Colorado county computer.

U.S. Attorney John Walsh said Monday that David Rezendes has been arrested on charges related to a denial of service attack to retaliate against the Larimer County government. No reason was given for the computer attack and no hometown was available for Rezendes.

The attack, which bombarded county computers with overwhelming demands for service, lasted three days in 2010 and limited the ability of county employees to access their email and the Internet, including state computer systems.

Rezendes was arrested on federal charges of damaging a protected computer and other charges.

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