DDoS being used in extortion schemes
DDoS being used in extortion schemes | InfoWorld | News | 2005-05-16 | By Denise Pappalardo and Ellen Messmer, Network World
This is something that may not at first concern you. Criminals are threatening various web sites - usually those which are making lots of money such as gambling sites or other large sites - demanding money or else they will shut down the site with what is called a DDoS or Direct Denial of Service. Such an attack involves having hundreds of thousands of computers which they have taken over with trojans or worms make requests of the site and thus overloading it.
Most often, such extortion is met by having the site pay off the criminal rather than seek to fight against it. The site deems that it is better to pay $100,000 than it is to suffer lost business which may cost the company millions.
This problem concerns you becuase if businesses continue to pay extortion money they will only increase the prices that they charge you in order to make up for their losses.
This is something that may not at first concern you. Criminals are threatening various web sites - usually those which are making lots of money such as gambling sites or other large sites - demanding money or else they will shut down the site with what is called a DDoS or Direct Denial of Service. Such an attack involves having hundreds of thousands of computers which they have taken over with trojans or worms make requests of the site and thus overloading it.
Most often, such extortion is met by having the site pay off the criminal rather than seek to fight against it. The site deems that it is better to pay $100,000 than it is to suffer lost business which may cost the company millions.
This problem concerns you becuase if businesses continue to pay extortion money they will only increase the prices that they charge you in order to make up for their losses.
posted by Fr. Seraphim Beshoner, TOR @ 11:22 AM
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