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DDOS Mafia On The Loose

Posted by timothy on from the strange-contrasts dept.

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."

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  1. Wow by kamapuaa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why is this bad? It's worked well against organized crime, why not try it against organized cyber-crime?

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    1. Re:Wow by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

      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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  2. Clarification by yelohbird · · Score: 5, Informative
    "Charges could still be brought. This just allows us to talk to defense attorneys and negotiate things before having to bring an indictment against a particular individual," said Alikhan.
    Title is misleading. This kind of thing happens quite often to negotiate with said criminals to see if they can use them as bait to hook on bigger fish.
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  3. The criminals' first accomplice is none other than by JonLatane · · Score: 5, Funny
    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.

    Rewards are expected to be offered to anyone with information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Mr. Malda. :)

  4. Operating system of choice... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    SopranOS

  5. Oi vey? (OT) by JessLeah · · Score: 5, Funny

    SlashDot: Jews for nerds. Stuff that's farklempt. *dodges tomatoes*

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