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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. 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.

  3. 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.

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

    Team rocket, blasting off agaaaaaaiiiiinnnn!

  5. 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 TimeTraveler1884 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Like Pokemon Go!

  6. 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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  7. Re:Wonderful by stealth_finger · · Score: 3, Funny

    On the contrary, I believe he does.

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  8. 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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  9. 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.