russian crime gangs - cyber wars

[jdh]

Brian Krebs on Computer Security

Taking on the Russian Business Network

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/10/taking_on_the_russian_business.html

DavidH

[Judy G. Russell]

Brian Krebs on Computer Security

Taking on the Russian Business Network

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/10/taking_on_the_russian_business.html
Hardly surprising that that should be one of the culprits...

[jdh]

At first I thought it was rather laughable that the bad guys were launching DDoS attacks against each other, but on second thought not so funny.

We're the ones paying for their bandwidth hogging. Governments and other businesses and terrorists could make zombie bot armies too.

If that IT security analyst whatever, John, was afraid of him personally or his ISP getting beat up by the russian gangs, just who would be brave enough to stand up against Islamic Jihadists if they got the technology and were ticked off ?

David H

[Judy G. Russell]

If that IT security analyst whatever, John, was afraid of him personally or his ISP getting beat up by the russian gangs, just who would be brave enough to stand up against Islamic Jihadists if they got the technology and were ticked off ?That sort of thing would have to invite a governmental response.