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

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. Wonderful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    I love it when 2 entities i don't like combat each other, no matter the outcome, i'm a winner

    1. Re: Wonderful by brasselv · · Score: 1

      fromage!

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    2. Re:Wonderful by stealth_finger · · Score: 3, Funny

      On the contrary, I believe he does.

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    3. Re: Wonderful by stealth_finger · · Score: 1

      frais, un petit filous.

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    4. Re: Wonderful by Phil06 · · Score: 1

      Un petit mort

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  3. 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.

  4. Good! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Show these idiots how the real world works. I do hope they get caught and put behind bars for a while.

  5. Funniest thing all day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Funniest thing I've read all day

  6. 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.

  7. Re:breach by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah? I logged in to this Go stuff weeks ago using the official Pokemon login stuff. I have never been able to log in again. I'm not kidding, I have tried a handful of times over the last few weeks and it always says something about login failed or whatever bullshit to cover the fact that their servers are shit. Not that I would play this bullshit "game" in the first place but fucking hell, they can't even tempt me because their infrastructure sucks balls!

  8. Team rocket... by tlambert · · Score: 2, Funny

    Team rocket, blasting off agaaaaaaiiiiinnnn!

  9. Re:breach by Cinnamon+Beige · · Score: 1

    Honestly, I think the most amusing thing is how much stupid there seems to be going on with PoodleCorp. Between some of the groups Pokemon Go is popular with and apparently having their real names locatable in this data dump...

  10. Re:ultra lamers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    This exact comment has already been posted. Try to be more original...

  11. CloudFlare is proudly aiding these criminals by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    These idiots are clearly committing criminal activity. Why do they have a website that's still up and running?

    $ host poodlecorp.org
    poodlecorp.org has address 104.27.159.87

    Oh, I see why. I recognize that IP range.

    NetRange: 104.16.0.0 - 104.31.255.255
    CIDR: 104.16.0.0/12
    NetName: CLOUDFLARENET

    If CloudFlare would stop providing bulletproof hosting for criminals, maybe the internet would be a better place. But CloudFlare loves its criminal customers. DDoS purveyors, terrorist websites, CloudFlare doesn't care who infests its hive of scum and villainy. Maybe it's time to revive the concept of the Usenet Death Penalty and apply it to all traffic to and from CloudFlare. They're the sewer of the internet and should be null routed and de-peered.

    See also: CloudFlare Watch

    1. Re:CloudFlare is proudly aiding these criminals by lucm · · Score: 5, Funny

      I recognize that IP range.

      Maybe it's time for you to find a hobby.

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    2. Re:CloudFlare is proudly aiding these criminals by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Freedom of speech has limits, whether it is OURS or THEIRS. Enforcing these limits is not an attack on freedom of speech.

    3. Re:CloudFlare is proudly aiding these criminals by TimeTraveler1884 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Like Pokemon Go!

    4. Re:CloudFlare is proudly aiding these criminals by luis_a_espinal · · Score: 1

      What limits are relevant in this case?

      A limit in not DDOSing someone else's internet presence just for shit and giggles?

    5. Re:CloudFlare is proudly aiding these criminals by NickFortune · · Score: 1

      Sounds like he already has one.

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    6. Re:CloudFlare is proudly aiding these criminals by dwsobw · · Score: 1

      I think that your second point is why many blame the EU/Germany for Greece hardship. Because they were actually pressured to not default ...

  12. Hackers? Pfft. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    The words hackers and DDOS should never appear together.
    The correct word is "wankers".

  13. 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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  14. Re:Does this have a point? by Opportunist · · Score: 1

    You should play Pokemon with them. Ya know, gotta catch 'em all...

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  15. Re: breach by lucm · · Score: 1

    do you have Pokemon Go on your tablet? I'm told there's lots of rare pokemons in rehab centers.

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  16. Re:Ha Ha by lucm · · Score: 1

    script kiddies

    You need to upgrade your lingo. The proper term nowadays is "fork kiddies".

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  17. Re:breach by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 1

    You know, these sorts of men (and they are always men) are young nerdy men who have been totally fucked over by society. With every breath, with every word, including your comment, society rejects them harshly. And they know it. Boy, do they get the message loud and clear. It's blatantly clear that they are worthless and might as well commit suicide.

    Ya think that might have something to do with the way they turned out? If society hates you, you might as well hate back, right? I mean, it's the argument you're using and you're taking the moral high ground. And you openly wish for them to be raped. That's horrible, but sadly common.

    Read your comment again and tell me about sociopathy?

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  18. Re:ah by stealth_finger · · Score: 2

    Wtf is that bogemon shit everybody are talkin bout?

    Some guy called Pookeyman. Apparently he's well into animal cruelty. He goes out and beats up wild animals, imprisons them and then makes them fight each other for his own amusement. It's quite dark really, not for kids.

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  19. Re:breach by Big+Hairy+Ian · · Score: 1

    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.

    Don't hold back tell tell us how you really feel :D

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  20. Re: Good thing these scum aren't hackers... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    A cheat for pokemon GO is easier than you think. Just give the game wrong gps coordinates! You can then be anywhere on earth without having to move. "Catch them all" while sitting in your basement. . .

    At least android is open source, so the code that handles gps data is open source and is trivial to change.

  21. Re: breach by F.Ultra · · Score: 1

    Perhaps but where is the fun in that?

  22. Re:breach by internerdj · · Score: 1

    It is also worth noting that in several places including the US it is not unheard of for socially rejected young men to turn to physical violence against society. Harassing people online seems like a bit more socially adjusted response among some of the other options.

  23. Re:breach by Atryn · · Score: 1

    You know, these sorts of men (and they are always men) are young nerdy men who have been totally fucked over by society. With every breath, with every word, including your comment, society rejects them harshly. And they know it. Boy, do they get the message loud and clear. It's blatantly clear that they are worthless and might as well commit suicide.

    Ya think that might have something to do with the way they turned out? If society hates you, you might as well hate back, right? I mean, it's the argument you're using and you're taking the moral high ground.

    Read your comment again and tell me about sociopathy?

    Wait, what??? If only "young nerdy men" had some sort of positive role models... examples of success by other young nerdy men in society... If only "nerd" could carry a more positive connotation than it has in the past... Are we back in the 90's?

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  24. Re:breach by Yvan256 · · Score: 2

    they can't even tempt me because their infrastructure sucks balls

    You better collect those balls, I hear they're used for something in the game.

  25. Re: breach by Khyber · · Score: 1

    Yup, most psychic pokemon seem to show up at rehab or hospitals or water areas. I have an inpatient rehab clinic across the street from where I live, Abras and Alakazams everywhere there according to my fiance when he walks the perimeter.

    Also, the speed limit is NOT 10MPH for egg hatching. Don't go above 20MPH (a hard flat-out run) and you're golden. I've hatched a bunch of pokemon for my fiance just by driving to my local mine using side streets.

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  26. Re:breach by Khyber · · Score: 1

    These guys are a bunch of script kiddies, and nothing actually resembling a cracker group.

    Notice I didn't say hacker - they're not making useful and non-obvious improvements to a system as per the original definition coined by TMRC at MIT in the 50s.

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  27. Greeners Law by tw2k · · Score: 1

    "Never DDoS a man who can send a billion Pokemon hunters to your house at the click of a button" - William J. Greener, Jr. 1925

  28. What a bunch of jerks by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 1

    Total idiots.

    I've only got seven of the 12 Legion handouts because of these jerks

    I hope they run into traffic.

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  29. In other words.... by TheHawke · · Score: 1

    PoodleCorp got fleeced!

    What?

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  30. This is comedy gold... by trparky · · Score: 1

    You can't make this shit up, this shit's comedy gold.