[172089] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Large DDoS, small extortion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Sheldon)
Fri May 23 19:49:57 2014
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Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 18:47:57 -0500
From: Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon@cox.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On 5/23/2014 1:09 PM, Barry Shein wrote:
>
> On May 24, 2014 at 00:38 rdobbins@arbor.net (Roland Dobbins) wrote:
> > Never, under any circumstances, pay. Not even if you've persuaded
> > the Men from U.N.C.L.E. to help you, and they suggest you pay
> > because they think they can trace the money, do not pay.
>
> Ok, you're recommending $VICTIM ignores or resists the advice of law
> enforcement authorities, right?
Given the the current status of reputation, ordinary, run-of-the-mill
common sense, and a calm, reflective consideration of the obvious, I
would say yes, follow the advice that makes sense, but pay NO money, not
even as bait.
If they want to put up taxpayer money from their budget, I would still
worry for the reasons given.
--
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of System Administrators:
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio Infallibility, and the ability to
learn from their mistakes.
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