FBI Raids Texas ISP For Anonymous DDoS Info

jcombel writes with this link to The Smoking Gun, which says "As part of an international criminal probe into computer attacks launched this month against perceived corporate enemies of WikiLeaks, the FBI has raided a Texas business and seized a computer server that investigators believe was used to launch a massive electronic attack on PayPal." Computerworld has a story, as well.

Comments

Re:WH says DDOS is not a crime

[drinkypoo]

You have to get a license to legally make a street protest which shuts down traffic, in most places.

Re:Attacking financial services

[Anonymous Coward]

What could possibly go wrong?

Paypal: the "bank" that somehow gets away with not having to be regulated like a bank and treated like a bank, despite looking like a bank and acting like a bank.

DDoS attacks suck but in this case, nothing of value was lost.

patriot

[choko]

So I'm assuming that we are going to see a probe by authorities into the "patriots" behind the wikileaks DDOS attacks next?

Re:Idiots

[Miros]

To discourage others from operating infrastructure that can aid in DDoS attacks? This kind of high visibility move tends to invoke certain emotions among people who might be otherwise inclined to assist in some criminal enterprise. Whoever owned that server is probably not having a good week right now, and it's clear that simply operating some seemingly benign infrastructure that aids in a conspiracy to commit a crime is something that can get your equipment seized and your ass in hot water.

Isn't it amazing..

[Dynamoo]

Isn't it amazing that the FBI can get their arses into gear over Anonymous, while allowing thousands of other criminal operations to use US based servers without disturbance. I am constantly horrified by the number of malicious sites operating out of the mainland US that are clearly operating in plain sight.

Re:Idiots

[Hatta]

All of which amounts to the government bullying legitimate businesses for doing nothing illegal. How is this even close to acceptable?

Re:Attacking financial services

[ScentCone]

You mean there ARE banks which were are required to do business with

No, I don't mean that and you know it. But if you want to do business with a bank that, for example, offers you FDIC protected checking accounts, then you looking for a different sort of service provider. PayPal isn't in that line of work.

And, on your other comment ... you're confusing FDIC insurance and the accompanying regulations with being bailed out, which are completely different things.