[72631] in North American Network Operators' Group
Follow the money - Extortion gang caught
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Wed Jul 21 14:07:54 2004
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:06:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Its easier to follow the money. DDOS gang arrested in Russia.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3914363.stm
The National High-Tech Crime Unit, which led the investigation, tracked
down the racketeers by tracing money transfers between the three men and
ten gang members who had been arrested in Latvia in November.
