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Ohio Cracker Confesses to Attacks For Hire

Posted by Zonk on from the black-hats-for-cash dept.

Ritalin16 writes "An Ohio computer hacker recently pled guilty to carrying out crippling denial-of-service attacks on a shady internet hosting company's competitors. From the article: 'In a deal with prosecutors, Richard "Krashed" Roby, 20, pleaded guilty in federal court in Toledo last month to intentionally damaging a protected computer, after launching a 2003 attack on an online satellite TV retailer that caused at least $120,000 in losses.'" Another article indicating an openness on the international stage to cracking for cash.

4 of 163 comments (clear)

  1. I Must Point Out... by spdt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is neither hacking, nor is it cracking. This is just filthy DoSsing.

  2. Re:They should definitely be treated harshly by m50d · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's worse than that. The Mafia will, by and large, do what you're paying them for - stop anyone else trying to do what they're doing. If you pay off one DDOSer there's nothing that stops another one coming around next week.

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  3. Re:Finally by jcr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    the hacker should get help to find something more worthwhile to do with his time.

    IMNSHO, cooling his heels in prison is a much more worthwhile use of his time than what he was doing on the outside.

    -jcr

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  4. Re:Where is the proof by bigman2003 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Are you kidding?

    If every claim on Slashdot had to be substantiated, and proven...we'd all sit around doing research, and creating bibliographies.

    This isn't a peer-reviewed publication. We don't need to prove anything.

    Especially to an anonymous coward.

    (By the way- I know that AC. And his mom sleeps with anonymous men she meets in chat rooms.)

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