I remember a million of those lego related foot injuries back in my childhood, the pain of standing on a rogue 2x4 and being branded with the 8 unmistakeable tiny circles for weeks at a time *sniff*, those were the days...
Ladies and gentlemen, I think we've just developed an (only very slightly) more humane replacement for the landmine.
Was your friend the actual target of the DDoS, or an unwitting attacker?
While I admit I am in no way an expert on this type of thing, I assume that if his machine was one of those used by the script kiddies in a DDoS attack, then his ISP could, through no fault of their own, construe it as being a conscious effort on his part to disrupt their service. It would then be reasonable for them to take further action. If he was the actual target then I can only put it down to the astounding ignorance of both the ISP and the law enforcement agency.
Either way it was still hugely out of order for the computer to be confiscated for over 6 months. Did he ever recieve any explanation about the huge length of time he was left without it? 6 months without a computer must have been a truly horrific experience.
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I remember a million of those lego related foot injuries back in my childhood, the pain of standing on a rogue 2x4 and being branded with the 8 unmistakeable tiny circles for weeks at a time *sniff*, those were the days...
Ladies and gentlemen, I think we've just developed an (only very slightly) more humane replacement for the landmine.
Was your friend the actual target of the DDoS, or an unwitting attacker?
While I admit I am in no way an expert on this type of thing, I assume that if his machine was one of those used by the script kiddies in a DDoS attack, then his ISP could, through no fault of their own, construe it as being a conscious effort on his part to disrupt their service. It would then be reasonable for them to take further action. If he was the actual target then I can only put it down to the astounding ignorance of both the ISP and the law enforcement agency.
Either way it was still hugely out of order for the computer to be confiscated for over 6 months. Did he ever recieve any explanation about the huge length of time he was left without it? 6 months without a computer must have been a truly horrific experience.