, SecurityFocus 2004-08-26
A Massachusetts businessman allegedly paid members of the computer underground to launch organized, crippling distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against three of his competitors, in what federal officials are calling the first criminal case to arise from a DDoS-for-hire scheme.
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FBI busts alleged DDoS Mafia
2004-08-28
sKyZ (2 replies)
sKyZ (2 replies)
FBI busts alleged DDoS Mafia
2004-08-29
Anonymous (1 replies)
Anonymous (1 replies)
The Chickens have come home to roost. Was FBI busts alleged DDoS Mafia
2004-08-31
Joe Jared (joejared (at) oretek (dot) com [email concealed]) (1 replies)
Joe Jared (joejared (at) oretek (dot) com [email concealed]) (1 replies)
Cyber-crime is a rampant menace, and hopefully lots of published lawsuits will make people think twice before launching an attack / coding a virus.
IMO, we also need more laws need to be brough in to deal with younger people involved in these crimes - as from what I see lots of 12 to 20 year-olds are involved in these kinds of activities.
That said, if most people kept their computers patched, firewalled and virus checked - this could of been avoided.
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