Re: Recent Attacks

From: Don Kendrick (donat_private)
Date: Wed Feb 16 2000 - 07:02:23 PST

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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 <mjrat_private>
To: Ryan Russell <ryanat_private>; hndat_private <hndat_private>
Cc: firewall-wizardsat_private <firewall-wizardsat_private>
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.
>
>

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