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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.

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  1. EEEEEEEE!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    EEEEEEEEEE!!!

  2. Typical! by Fortyseven · · Score: -1, Troll

    Goddamn those white people from Ohio. Gotta watch 'em. They'll sneak up on you and do somethin' DIRTY!

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  3. Re:The Great Enabler. by Arker · · Score: -1, Troll

    ISPs should scan their networks for windows machines and disconnect any they find, regularly.

    Yes, I know that wouldn't work, because so many of the customers run windows. But other than that, it's actually a sensible idea.

    ISPs should probably just run regular scans for vulnerabilities on clients, help those that have them, and give a discount to those that consistently don't.

    Of course most ISPs today are run by the terminally clueless, so that's probably not going to happen either.

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  4. I wonder... by aLEczapKA · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ohio Cracker Confesses to Attacks For Hire

    I just wonder, how long till they gonna outsource such jobs to India.

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