Gangs Extort Companies With DDoS Attacks

Pcol writes "The Financial Times reports that gangs based in Eastern Europe have been launching attacks on corporate networks costing the companies millions of dollars in lost business and exposing them to blackmail. Sites have been asked to pay up to ensure they are free from Distributed Denial of Service attacks for a year. One detective reported, 'If the demand comes in for $40,000-50,000, compared to the losses they're suffering, there's an attraction for the companies to pay and hope it goes away. But there's nothing to say it will go away.'"

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Isn't Microsoft culpable in this mess?

[BoomerSooner]

I mean if their software facilitates this type of extortion shouldn't they be held accountable?

Re:Isn't Microsoft culpable in this mess?

[Anonymous Coward]

You're a fucking idiot, Microsoft software has nothing to do with DDoS. DDoS cannot by stopped except by cutting off the source.

First Post@!$#!

[Anonymous Coward]

afdas

You stupid cunting fuckstick

[Anonymous Coward]

Please explain how Microsoft software 'facilitates' DDOS attacks? Do you even know what a DDOS attack is?