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Is Eccentric Sven Olaf Kamphius To Blame For Spamhaus DDoS?

Posted by timothy on from the well-be-does-have-sort-of-a-guilty-look dept.

RougeFemme writes "Sven Olaf Kamphius, self-described 'Internet freedom fighter,' is reportedly at the center of the investigation into this week's alleged cyber-attack against Spamhaus, a group that fights Internet spam. Mr. Kamphius became incensed when Spamhaus blacklisted two companies that he runs, including Cyberbunker, a company that, earlier this week, claimed be under attack from Dutch swat teams. Though he initially solicited support for a DDoS against Spamhaus, he now disavows any direct role in the cyberattack, which threatened to slow some web traffic to a crawl."

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  1. Re:s/iu/ui/ by Pro-feet · · Score: 1, Funny

    Easy!

    aa ee ie oo uu ui ei ij au ou eu oe eeu ieu aai ooi oei

    I love my language!

  2. Re:More misinformation about the swat episode by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    their website merely states they have in the past successfully slept-through an attempted SWAT raid that failed at the blast doors.

    SWAT teams are well known for just giving up and going home if they can't get in, of course.

  3. Ladies, start your engines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    From TFA:

    "He describes himself in his own Web postings as an Internet freedom fighter, along the lines of Julian Assange of WikiLeaks, with political views that range from eccentric to offensive. His likes: German heavy metal music, "Beavis and Butt-head" and the campaign to legalize medicinal marijuana. His dislikes: Jews, Luddites and authority."

    Anyone want to put that profile on a dating site to see if it garners interest?