vDOS Perps Arrested in Israel
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The "service" floods certain web sites with access requests rendering them inaccessible by others.
This site allegedly utilized huge botnets on the order of tens of thousands of machines compromised by malware.
These persons seeking the rendering of inaccessible web sites were required to pay fees up front.
Other cash flow sources allegedly consisted of funds extorted from the victims of those targeted sites to obtain cessation of said DDOS attacks.
These rather unsophisticated teenagers were questioned and released on $10K bail and had their passports confiscated. They were ordered not to utilize any form of electronic communication for the next 30 days.
It seems that this malicious entity, vDOS, is felt to be one of the most disruptive attack-for-hire services on the internet.
Fortunately, the insight and skills of these two cyberthugs weren't all that as was their decidedly flawed business model.
In the spirit of "what goes around comes around" vDOS fell victim itself to a massive hack leveled upon it resulting in the rather lame consequences described above.
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Boo!