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Pokemon Go DDoS Attacks Postponed As PoodleCorp Botnet Suffers Security Breach (softpedia.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the every-action-has-an-equal-and-opposite-reaction dept.

An anonymous reader writes from a report via Softpedia: "The hacking crew [PoodleCorp] that promised to launch DDoS attacks on the Pokemon GO servers on August 1 suffered a major setback, after someone hacked their site, dumped the database, and shared it with data breach index service LeakedSource," reports Softpedia. "PoodleCorp responded to LeakedSource's announcement with what they knew best, a DDoS attack." When that happened, LeakedSource started looking at the leaked data and discovered full names for three of PoodleCorp's members, saying they intend to share it with authorities. Soon after, PoodleCorp stopped the DDoS against LeakedSource and went to annoy Blizzard gamers. "It's a terrible idea to attack a business that knows something about virtually everybody," a LeakedSource spokesperson said.

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  1. Re:breach by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Translation: A bunch of self-centred sociopathic cunts want to fuck with peoples' fun because, well, they are heartless soulless pieces of shit that wouldn't be missed even by their mothers if they failed to return home.

    I couldn't give a flying fuck about Pokemon Go, but these kinds of "hackers" really are worthless pieces of scum. I hope the lot of them end up being cornholed in prison endlessly, until they suffer incurable anal incontinence.

  2. Re:breach by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "A bunch of self-centred sociopathic cunts want to fuck with peoples' fun because, well, they are heartless soulless pieces of shit that wouldn't be missed even by their mothers if they failed to return home."

    You should get modded up for that. No one has more accurately summarized the average Slashdot reader in one sentence before.

  3. I hope those three are caught by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    play stupid games win stupid prizes.

  4. Don't back down now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When that happened, LeakedSource started looking at the leaked data and discovered full names for three of PoodleCorp's members, saying they intend to share it with authorities. Soon after, PoodleCorp stopped the DDoS against LeakedSource and went to annoy Blizzard gamers.

    I hope they are still going to share the info with the relevant authorities.

  5. Re:Ha Ha by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Executing a DDoS has little to do with knowing anything about security. They're not exactly breaking the lock on the door, what they basically do is dump a huge pile of trash in front of it so nobody can use it anymore, that doesn't mean they know anything about opening that door.

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