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Re:Posterous is being DDoS'd by fragmede on Friday August 13, 2010 @05:28PM (#1602347)
The botnet controller could be extorting websites directly... wire $5000 to my paypal account or your website will go down. Anyone from Posterous care to confirm/deny in this case?
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Re:Posterous is being DDoS'd by rdl on Friday August 13, 2010 @10:44PM (#1602848)
This is very common with online gaming (== gambling) sites, and payment systems; anything where there is obviously money being processed.
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Re:Posterous is being DDoS'd by devin on Friday August 13, 2010 @06:26PM (#1602479)
Do you have any evidence that this has ever been done in the past?

It's not inconceivable, but it seems like a huge leap.

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Re:Posterous is being DDoS'd by orborde on Friday August 13, 2010 @07:41PM (#1602623)
Google seems to provide plenty of examples. Even if it didn't, I don't understand why you see this extortion as a stretch.
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Re:Posterous is being DDoS'd by SkyMarshal on Saturday August 14, 2010 @01:41PM (#1603688)
It's not uncommon. There was an article a long time ago telling the story of a DDOS attack on a gambling website, and how a guy who was a philosophy major (iirc) figured out how to beat it, and then formed a company providing the same service. Forgot the url/title/etc, but it was good. Plenty more available with a search.
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