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DDoS Extortion Attempts On the Rise

Posted by michael on from the pay-to-play dept.

John Flabasha writes "There's an excellent article that originated on the LA Times and was syndicated to Yahoo News about DDoS attacks on online gaming and one of the solutions out there. Since when did ISP null routes go out of style?" We've run a number of previous stories about DoS blackmail attempts, like this one or this one.

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  1. Pay up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pay up or I'll suggest a /. article about you, and you know the editors will accept it too!

  2. How long... by Tyndmyr · · Score: 5, Funny
    Ever been tempted to track the random people who attempt to hack/spam you, and beat them senseless? If only we could network this...I'll beat the people that live near me, and we can all post our catches on a forum somewhere...

    If only it were that simple.

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    1. Re:How long... by YankeeInExile · · Score: 5, Funny

      While fantasizing about vigilanteism is entertaining, it really is not a good idea, just because of the lack of control.... to-wit:

      Hey, HeadCrackers Ltd. I was recently DDoSed by a group of hackers, led by someone who uses the slashdot handle Tyndmyr. I don't know anything else about him, but I would really appreciate it if someone would lop off a few fingers. Not only did he totally scrag my website "e-My-pretty-pony", costing me millions of dollars in lost sales revenue overnight, but he sent henchmen to my house who dyed my cat blue! I really hate him! MURDER! DEATH! KILL!
      I think this should illustrate the potential for abuse.

      HAND

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  3. DOS Blackmail by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Noone's going to blackmail me into using DOS again...

    was that MS-DOS TRS-DOS, or Apple DOS?

  4. The Other-Other Operation by centauri · · Score: 5, Funny

    "That's a nice StarCraft server you have set up there. Be a shame if anything happened to it."

    Honestly, that's what I thought when I read "extortion" and "online gaming."

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