Jake Davis: Released on Bail After DDoS Charges and Cyberattack

A teenager accused of acting as a spokesman for computer hacking groups that targeted Sony, Rupert Murdoch-owned newspapers and a British crime agency was freed on bail Monday as he awaits trial. Jake Davis, who was arrested last week at home on Scotland's remote Shetland Islands by the police e-crime unit, is accused of mounting a cyberattack on Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency and other offenses linked to the Luz Security and Anonymous hacking collectives.

The charge relates to a distributed denial of service attack, in which websites are flooded with traffic to make them crash.

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