a teenager , contributing to the anti - government organisation scientology , has alleged that he launched a widespread denial of entry ( ddos ) attack on the official site of the church of hubbard , scientology . www . karpov guzner , aged 18 , will admit to the charges relevant to carried out the ddos attack . he now has a maximum penalties of seven years imprisonment . in relation to incidents such as these , authorities have termed individuals " internet - terrorists . " a ddos attack occurs when multiple computers are using to attack a certain website with so extensive traffic that it is not accessible . the spammers insult the servers taking up all the available information , blocking the legitimate attacker from accessing .
The 18 year-old D. Guzner is a member of the Anonymous group which attacked Scientology website.