Manitoba man arrested for cyber-attacks, printing 3-D guns; FBI involved in investigation

Brandon police have arrested two people, one of whom was wanted for cyber-attacks that had the FBI investigating.

Brandon police have arrested two people, one of whom was wanted for cyber-attacks that had the FBI investigating.

Brandon Police Service said it was contacted by the FBI in April 2021 about two people conducting cyber-attacks, with one of the suspects living in Brandon.

The FBI and Brandon police started an 11-month investigation and police said the two organizations learned the two suspects were conducting online distributed denial of service attacks.

These attacks send a high volume of web traffic to a specific system and make it so others can't reach it.

Police said the pair were doing these attacks for a fee.

On March 8, 2022, police in Brandon and in San Antonio, Texas, executed simultaneous search warrants.

In Brandon, 18-year-old Dayne Parrott-Jones was arrested and police said officers found a 3-D printer printing a piece of a handgun and there was also a large quantity of marijuana.