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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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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])
It is an especially rewarding to see the criminals get what they deserve, and to know that if nothing else, my sites. The people who killed http://relays.osirusoft.com committed a crime that cost me personally well over $10,000, as well as potential future business that would have been available h...

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