Hackers expose script-kiddie underground

[Gary Stoneburner <gary.stoneburner@nist.gov>]

re:
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5097410.html

"One of the pictures that emerged during the evidence presented in
the trial was that of the intense rivalry between hackers using these
chatrooms, which often resulted in people launching denial of service
attacks to try and knock each other offline and gain kudos among their
peers."

"So in a very short space of time, multiple businesses can become
involved in attacking each other. Most of them are probably used
inadvertently," said frixion. "Many businesses probably think
'No one will target us' but what they don’t realize is that these people
are not targeting specific organizations or individuals, they’re just
incrementing a number, testing machine after machine to get whatever they
can."

Cheers,
Gary

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