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Spam Sites Crippled by Lycos Screensaver DDoS (Netcraft)

Spam Sites Crippled by Lycos Screensaver DDoS (Netcraft)

Posted Dec 2, 2004 18:05 UTC (Thu) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
Parent article: Spam Sites Crippled by Lycos Screensaver DDoS (Netcraft)

It's only a matter of time before the spammers send out spams telling people to, say, sign up for a cheap home mortgage at Lycos's site, so that Lycos' screen saver will attack Lycos. It's a war, and the bad guys will respond to every move with a counter-move.


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Spam Sites Crippled by Lycos Screensaver DDoS (Netcraft)

Posted Dec 2, 2004 18:07 UTC (Thu) by juzza (guest, #23020) [Link]

Internet World War 1.

Just what we need... *sigh*

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