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posted ago by Doggos FL ago by Doggos +4618 / -0

As you can see, Win is back up.

At 6:44am EST, Win's primary host terminated our services.

We've switched to a different provider and are pursuing long term solutions.

There is no scenario where we will be bullied into shutting down, we are here for the long haul.

It is more important than ever that you share The Donald with all the Trump supporters in your life.

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nothingberg 39 points ago +39 / -0

DDOSing is illegal. Why isn't the FBI looking into every instance of ddosing

In the United States, the people that take part in DDoS attacks run the risk of being charged with legal offenses at the federal level, both criminally and civilly. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is the applicable law (18 U.S.C. §1030). For a person to violate the CFAA, he has to intentionally cause damages to a computer system part of interstate or foreign commerce (18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(5)(A)) (http://www.technicallylegal.org/the-legality-of-denial-of-service-attacks/, 2010). Attempted DDoS attacks may also be prosecuted (http://users.atw.hu/denialofservice/ch08lev1sec2.html).

Private parties that play the role of an intermediary along the vector of DDoS attack, such as ISPs, may also press civil charges to recoup their financial losses on the grounds of a violation of the “terms of service” agreement, which, by the way, has validity tantamount to a legal contract. Serious violations may lead to a lawsuit for breach of contract and even trespass to chattels

(http://www.technicallylegal.org/the-legality-of-denial-of-service-attacks/, 2010).

Seeing the serious statutory measures, there is no wonder that Facebook decided to terminate groups that call for participation in DDoS attacks (http://www.technicallylegal.org/the-legality-of-denial-of-service-attacks/, 2010).


https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/legality-ddos-criminal-deed-vs-act-civil-disobedience/

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Umilmi81 28 points ago +28 / -0

It's resource intensive to track down DDOS attacks and it's a petty crime. It's a cost benefit thing. Most of the computers used in DDOS attacks belong to little old ladies who don't know the Dell they got from their grandson in 2005 is a node on a Chinese controlled headless bot network.

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MAGAMAN4EVA 2 points ago +2 / -0

Remember when they fucked a bunch of kids who did it to Scientology? Turns out they care sometimes.

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almond_activator 1 point ago +1 / -0

It is not illegal to be unaware of malicious code running on your computer. It's the botnet controllers who are breaking the law, and the FBI is already looking for them because they tend to cause far bigger problems than forum downtime.

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paulddraper 1 point ago +1 / -0

sure, but how many old ladies' door are you going to have to kick down to shut down an appreciable number?

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DoesItWorkAlready 6 points ago +7 / -1

Why isn't the FBI looking into every instance of ddosing

You must be new here :-)

Just to be clear, FBI only ever looks into people on the right. You have noticed that haven't you?

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Techrev 3 points ago +6 / -3

Nothing is too hard to track. It could be done, and needs to be done. Or, another method needs to be implemented to remove the threat without impinging on freedom.

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blackflame7000 1 point ago +1 / -0

No some things like a SYN flood can't be tracked because you can spoof the originating IP. Additionally foreign VPNs ignore subpoenas for records

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Techrev 1 point ago +1 / -0

Crazy, but that's a good thing - privacy with a VPN. Still, I would think it would be difficult for a large botnet to produce the kinds of attacks I've seen through foreign VPNs. I could be wrong, but you really are limited by those.

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