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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by toomuchtodo on Sunday August 04, 2019 @10:10PM (#20610520)
Punishable as a federal crime (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, or 18 U.S.C. §1030).
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by anigbrowl on Monday August 05, 2019 @03:14AM (#20611953)
True but between DDOS and murder I'm gonna say a jury will prefer the DDOS.
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by cududa on Sunday August 04, 2019 @10:14PM (#20610554)
Yeah a prosecutor is definitely going to try that case lol
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by toomuchtodo on Sunday August 04, 2019 @10:15PM (#20610563)
Prosecutors plea bargain slam dunk cases all the time.
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by tedivm on Sunday August 04, 2019 @10:27PM (#20610629)
DDoSes are rarely prosecuted as the perpetrators are rarely caught. This is even more true when the DDoS is done by large groups of people (such as the scientology attacks a decade or so ago).

Further, 8chan is run in the Philippines, which would add a lot of complications to any prosecution

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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by wbl on Monday August 05, 2019 @11:31AM (#20614941)
The computer is in SF. CFAA applies and the US has jurisdiction.
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by cududa on Monday August 05, 2019 @11:11AM (#20614788)
You watch too much Law and Order SVU.
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by sampo on Sunday August 04, 2019 @10:26PM (#20610621)
If you think vigilance internet justice is a solution to America's gun problem, you Americans are very deluded.
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by whenchamenia on Monday August 05, 2019 @01:53PM (#20616427)
Yup. Just widening the divide.
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