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UK site offers bounty for DDoS attackers
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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:10:55 -0600 (CST)
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39599492,00.htm By Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk 22 Jan 2009 A UK-based online computer reseller has offered a 10,000 reward for assistance in convicting those responsible for a sustained distributed-denial-of-service attack on the site. Overclockers.co.uk (OcUK), which doubles as a technology-enthusiast site and as a reseller of computer goods, said the attack has disrupted its retail and forums servers for more than 10 days. In a forum post [1] on Wednesday, the company said it would pay the reward for information that could be used by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) to bring a conviction. "Instigating these kind of attacks is a serious criminal offence and, whilst we have strong suspicions who is behind them, we need more evidence," the company stated. OcUK said the attacks had disrupted server uptime but had not compromised site security. [1] http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17967175 [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books & More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/
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