Attention DDoS Bot Masters: You Can't Always Hide

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via CastleCops.

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Today the arrest and indictment [.pdf] of Greg King, 21, of Fairfield
California was announced. In the Indictment, the US Attorneys Office is
alleging Greg King aka SilenZ was responsible for the DDoS of CastleCops
last February. According to the Press Release he faces a maximum sentence
of ten years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.

There is no “good” reason for a DDoS. Targeting an individual or an
online presence can and does have far reaching effects. It is excellent to
see the US Attorneys Office taking an active stance with computer crime.
Hopefully this is the beginning of a new trend where computer crimes are
prosecuted with vigor which would diminish the feeling that the system
fails. I have to tip my hat to Law Enforcement and the US Attorneys Office
on this. We never expected to see any kind of prosecution so quickly.

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More:
http://www.castlecops.com/a6833-Botmasters_Take_Heed_%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%80%
9C_You_Are_Being_Put_On_Notice.html

- - ferg

Note: Paul & Robin are good friends, and the volunteers at CsatleCops
do an extraordinary job. This is great news.

- - ferg

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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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