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FBI busts alleged DDoS Mafia
Kevin Poulsen, 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
Anonymous
Just because 12-20 year olds can own 3,000 computers in a weekend doesn't make them "Security Experts" it just proves that they have the resources available to re-distribute given software with plenty of documentation.. the authors of all these bots give these kids all the resources they need to for...

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