The Register. Hackers hid Carphone Warehouse breach with DDoS

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/08/carphone_warehouse_data_breach/

TL;DR 

• 2.5 mln customers affected
• 90K lost stolen data
• "sophisticated cyber-attack" on 5 August
• Carphone Warehouse said its websites OneStopPhoneShop.com, e2save.com and Mobiles.co.uk had been affected by the attack. Those sites provide services for customers at iD Mobile, TalkTalk Mobile, Talk Mobile and an undisclosed number of Carphone Warehouse customers.

Deepdotweb. Interview with Tor Botnet Owner

https://www.deepdotweb.com/2014/05/26/interview-with-gopnik-tor-botnet/

TL;DR

• Cortex is owner of Tor botnet called Gopnik
• only has basic botnet commands, such as download/execute, and innovative DDoS methods
• can be hosted anywhere that allows hidden services, unlike most botnets.