Alleged CastleCops Attacker Arrested

Gregory King, 21, of Fairfield, Calif., was arrested earlier this week on four counts of electronic transmission of codes to cause damage to protected computers. According to an indictment, which a grand jury issued last week, he used an army of 7,000 zombie computers in multiple attacks on Killanet, a forum for gamers and graphic designers, and CastleCops, a security community that battles spam, phishing and malware.

If convicted on all counts, King, who is known online as Silenz, Silenz420, sZ, GregK, and Gregk707, faces a maximum of 40 years in prison and a fine of $1 million.