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Eastern European Hackers Using DDOS Attacks to Blackmail Companies
by Elonka at 8:48 pm EST, Nov 12, 2003

] Gangs based in Eastern Europe have been found to have
] been launching waves of attacks on corporate networks
 . . .
] The attacks involve gangs commandeering as many as hundreds of
] computers through hacking methods to use without their owners'
] knowledge. A command is then issued to each one simultaneously to
] make a series of bogus requests to the servers of the victim. The
] weight of traffic brings the servers to a halt and legitimate
] requests to carry out transactions cannot be completed.

This ties in to one of my speculations about the origin of some of the recent "let's build a clone-army" worms.

Eastern European Hackers Using DDOS Attacks to Blackmail Companies
by Rattle at 9:28 pm EST, Nov 12, 2003

] Gangs based in Eastern Europe have been found to have
] been launching waves of attacks on corporate networks
. . .
] The attacks involve gangs commandeering as many as hundreds of
] computers through hacking methods to use without their owners'
] knowledge. A command is then issued to each one simultaneously to
] make a series of bogus requests to the servers of the victim. The
] weight of traffic brings the servers to a halt and legitimate
] requests to carry out transactions cannot be completed.

Elonka thinks that this type of thing is a likely use for some of the recent clone-army building worms we have seen. I think I agree with her..