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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 2004-08-31
Anonymous
>>That said, if most people kept their computers patched, firewalled and virus checked - this could of been avoided<<

And in what dream world are you living in? Keeping the system patched and firewalled and equipped with all sorts of security software does not make it secure at all. If a cracker ...

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