Re: First a Denial of Service, Now A Lawsuit: The Million Dollar Homepage

[Hank Nussbacher <hank () efes iucc ac il>]

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Fergie wrote:

What an idiot!  Doesn't he realize that the DDOS attack has generated so
much more press that he is probably seeing 3x more hits whenever the site
is up.

-Hank

> I guess this kid just can't catch a break. At least he's got
> the moolah. :-)
>
> Via the C|Net Security blog.
>
> [snip]
>
> After being hit by a denial of service attack that downed the Million Dollar Homepage site, British student Alex Tew 
> now faces a lawsuit from one of the advertisers on the site.
>
> The winner of the last 1,000 pixels, which sold for US$38,100 on eBay, is threatening to sue because the Web site was 
> offline for six days until Wednesday, the Financial Times reported in its online edition on Thursday.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6029020.html
>
> - ferg
>
>
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