British Authorities Nail Online Blackmailers

Iphtashu Fitz writes "CNet's News.com is reporting that 3 men have been arrested for allegedly blackmailing websites by threatening DDoS attacks if they didn't pay between $10,000 and $55,000. Britians National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) worked with the targeted websites to combat the DDoS attacks and to track their origin. With the help of Russian police they identified and arrested three Russians and expect more arrests in the near future."

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Sad news ... sellfone, dead at 17

[Anonymous Coward]

I just heard some sad news on a cool mIRC channel - H/P (Hewlett Packard) scene nerd sellfone was found dead in his San Fransisco home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the EFNet community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to serious ircing. Truly an American icon.

Re:Sad news ... sellfone, dead at 17

[novalogic]

I know I'm going to get tagged for this, but I got to give the right info...

Miles, aka sellfone, died at his home in Texas Sunday night. He was 24 I believe, not 17, as you can tell by clicking on this link http://www.slashnet.org/forums/Freedows-19980708.h tml

Couldn't have been 9 years old in that log.

He is an icon on Efnet, and the network admins have juped his name in honor of him.

Rate this post as you will, but I just wanted to be sure a proper memorial was made. The BitchX crew has more information for the many who knew him.

--nova