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DDOS Mafia On The Loose
TivoLee writes "If you were worried that courts have been cracking down too much on Internet miscreants lately, think again. Sure, virus writers and spammers have been hit with some tough sentences in recent months. But what about this: the U.S. govt. has dropped charges against a group of four guys known as the DDOS Mafia. Two of the men admitted to releasing viruses so they could create botnets to launch DDOS attacks for hire. Their boss is accused of causing $2Mil in damage to victim sites. Yet prosecutors are dropping charges, so they can get the criminals to snitch on other criminals. Oi vey."
Ironically, when I clicked on the comment button, Slashdot told me there was "Nothing to see here. Move along." Denial of slashdot? :-)
Rewards are expected to be offered to anyone with information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Mr. Malda. :)
SopranOS
Wait? Why are all the Slashbots packing suitcases for overnight trips to Canada?
"What's the frequency Kenneth?"
SlashDot: Jews for nerds. Stuff that's farklempt. *dodges tomatoes*
Honey, I shrunk the Cygwin
Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda, who, via his massively popular website Slashdot, has been crushing other, weaker websites for years. Prosecutors have a great deal of evidence, but are still looking for motives.
Speaking of this, has anyone yet solved the Slashdot Paradox?
Few read the articles, yet the web servers get annihilated!
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
I'm waiting for an angry group of Russian mobster geeks to go postal on some U.S. Cyber Crime witnesses. I can see it now "Hax0r hacked in two, two days before testifying in trial."
Now, what would be funny is if they used a rail gun to do it. HEADSHOT.
Help me, help you. - Jerry McGuire
When you wake up with a trojan horse head lying in your startup folder you KNOW its time to leave time.
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