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Other £15k reward for catching those behind DDoS barrage on UK e-tailers

Discussion in 'General' started by Goatee, 21 Oct 2015.

  1. Goatee

    Goatee Multimodder

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  2. Arthur

    Arthur It's for 'erberts !

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    Ransom sent to scan for 16.66 bitcoins......

    9.45am - Scan : Thank you for your request for 16.66 bitcoins. Your order is being processed.

    11.00am - Hackers : Cool.

    12.00pm - Scan : your order is being packed.

    12.15 - Hackers : awesome.

    5.00pm - Scan : Sorry out of stock.

    5.15pm - Hackers : :wallbash:
     
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  3. yodasarmpit

    yodasarmpit Modder

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    ^ Brilliant
     
    yodasarmpit, 21 Oct 2015
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  4. alfizzle

    alfizzle Ooh aah just a little bit..

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    Ha...
     
    alfizzle, 21 Oct 2015
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  5. suenstar

    suenstar Collector of Things

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    Seems they've turned their attention to OverClockers now as their site has been down all day.

    Surely it's not the brightest of ideas to annoy the masses of tech enthusiasts...
     
    suenstar, 21 Oct 2015
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  6. meandmymouth

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    It didn't work last time they did this to Aria.
     
    meandmymouth, 21 Oct 2015
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  7. crazyg1zm0

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    My first thoughts were are we sure they are hackers and not mad at scans ability to keep upto date stock levels
     
    crazyg1zm0, 21 Oct 2015
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  8. TheMadDutchDude

    TheMadDutchDude The Flying Dutchman

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    It most certainly did not. :hehe::rolleyes:
     
    TheMadDutchDude, 24 Dec 2015
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  9. Weekly_Estimate

    Weekly_Estimate Random bird noises.

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    15k? IT WAS MY PARTNER!

    /Points finger
     
    Weekly_Estimate, 27 Dec 2015
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  10. JoeK

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    could just as easily be a competitor takedown.
     
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  11. TheMadDutchDude

    TheMadDutchDude The Flying Dutchman

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    With the laws and possible consequences? I highly doubt that.

    Aria was done by a private individual with access to Chinese (I think) servers with tens of thousands of connections at once.
     
    TheMadDutchDude, 5 Jan 2016
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