http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/06/former-perverted-justice-member-arrested-for-ddosing-rolling-stone-radar/ By Kim Zetter Threat Level Wired.com June 30, 2009 A software developer authorities say once worked with the online vigilante group Perverted Justice has been charged with launching denial of service attacks against websites belonging to Rolling Stone, Radar and others. Bruce Raisley, 47, allegedly launched the attacks to block access to two articles written by the publications that reported embarrassing information about him. But ironically his attempt to obscure the information is now bringing even more attention to it. "His actions were alarming in that he chose to attack third party websites when he didn't like their content," says Assistant U.S. Attorney Erez Liebermann. "It's one thing for him to be unhappy with a website. It's another thing for him to attack third parties that have not done anything, which causes damage on the side of the victim companies and on the side of any affected computer." According to a federal complaint (.pdf) unsealed today in New Jersey and written by FBI Special Agent Susan Secco, Raisley launched the attack against nine sites using a botnet that he controlled. One of the computers in the botnet belonged to the Academic and Research Network of Slovenia, which is the base for Slovenia's Computer Emergency Response Team. The team helped U.S. authorities trace the botnet and DDoS attacks to Raisley. [...] _______________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA, July 25-30 in Las Vegas, the world's premier technical event for ICT security experts. Network with 4,000+ delegates from 50 nations. Visit product displays by 30 top sponsors in a relaxed setting. http://www.blackhat.comReceived on Thu Jul 02 2009 - 05:49:54 PDT
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