Re: Recent Attacks

["Don Kendrick" <don () netspys com>]

Yeap, that what we just finished doing in Virginia. Had a copycat come after
us Sunday morning. Tracked him down within 2 hour of the attack and he was
sitting in jail within 24 hours of the attack for felony computer trespass.

Hit em hard and fast.

Don
-----Original Message-----
From: Marcus J. Ranum <mjr () nfr net>
To: Ryan Russell <ryan () securityfocus com>; hnd () asu edu <hnd () asu edu>
Cc: firewall-wizards () nfr net <firewall-wizards () nfr net>
Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: Recent Attacks


> Ryan Russell wrote:
> > I expect to see ransom demands (either the real attackers or just
> > opportunists) become announced to the press any time now.
>
> That'd be interesting because it'd clear up the issue of motivation!!
>
> I've always been bemused by the whole denial of service thing. It
> seems so pointless. It's just vandalism; not even as cool as virus
> writing, and virus writing is very uncool.
>
> If I was Bezos, I'd offer some amazon.com options for whoever
> turned in the culprit and sufficient evidence. Then I'd litigate
> the culprit back to the stone age, including his friends, parents,
> business associates, school, etc. - anyone involved. Crush 'em
> real hard, real mean, and real openly.
>
> mjr.