[172094] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Large DDoS, small extortion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.)
Sat May 24 12:29:26 2014
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From: "Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." <amitchell@isipp.com>
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Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 10:29:14 -0600
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> Law enforcement and victims have different objectives. Law =
enforcement
> wants to find the criminal, gather sufficient evidence to prove their
> guilt, then prosecute them. More attacks helps law enforcement.
>=20
> The victims, in general, want the attacks to stop.
Actually, our experience in this particular case (it is the same =
person(s) hitting all of the targets, even using the same email =
addresses, etc.) is that the victims want to find the guy too. In fact, =
I can say with a fair degree of certainty that the coordinated efforts =
of a dedicated group of "victims", who have come together without =
regards to the fact that they are otherwise 'competitors' in business, =
and who have furnished the agencies with useable technical information =
about the attacks, have given the agencies a substantial leg up in the =
investigation.
Anne
Anne P. Mitchell,=20
Attorney at Law
CEO/President
Institute for Social Internet Public Policy
Member, Cal. Bar Cyberspace Law Committee
Author: Section 6 of the Federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
Ret. Professor of Law, Lincoln Law School of San Jose
