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One Family Suffering Through Years-Long Trolling Campaign (dailydot.com)

blottsie writes: Since 2010, the Straters have been under assault from an online campaign of ever-increasing harassment — prank deliveries, smear attacks, high-profile hacks, and threats of violence against schools and law enforcement officials in their name — and it's slowly torn them apart. Masterminding it all is a teenage Lizard Squad hacker from Finland, at war with their son, Blair, over a seemingly minor dispute. "When the family started getting notices about their utilities being disconnected, they realized things were escalating out of control. Utility provider Commonwealth Edison once called the house to iron out the details about a request to have the power turned off after a supposed move. Something similar happened with their trash service. On Halloween 2013, Comcast shut off their cable and Internet service."

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  1. Can I hire these trolls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    to cancel my Comcast subscription?

  2. Good or Evil? by frovingslosh · · Score: 5, Funny

    This article tries to make the troll sound evil, but he did get them disconnected from Comcast

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  3. Re:Trolling is for cows. by originalGMC · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is my official request for a moo blocker chrome extension.

  4. Re:Really hard to stop by squiggleslash · · Score: 4, Funny

    Woohoo! Free gravel!

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  5. Re:Live by the sword, die by the sword. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't use Nazis to make your argument.

    Do you know who used Nazis to make his argument? HITLER!

  6. Re:Hire a lawyer by BronsCon · · Score: 4, Funny

    But they are Finnish and I'm sure they'll finish eventually.

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  7. Re: Trolling is for cows. by lucm · · Score: 4, Funny

    A post about people who moderate gets modded up... CRONYISM MUCH

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    lucm, indeed.