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DDoS Extortion Attempts On the Rise

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. Re:They get rather annoying... by bani · · Score: 0, Troll

    because you have fucktard students getting in petty little my-penis-is-bigger-than-yours battles on irc.

    firewall irc from resnet and the dos attacks will stop.

  2. Re:Clarify by mindstrm · · Score: 0, Troll

    Says who?

    Onling gambling has always been called "Online Gaming"... just like it's meatspace counterpart.

    That's what the stock market calls it, that's what business calls it, and that's waht the entire industry calls itself...