Distributed denial-of-service attacks aren’t just for extortion anymore, say Arbor Networks researchers Danny McPherson and Jose Nazario. DDoS motivation has traditionally been linked to extortion, but the attacks could be ego-driven or personal. As the Internet and e-commerce become bigger factors, we are starting to see more attacks related to politics or economics. The U.S. government hasn’t been crippled by DDoS attacks, as Estonia famously was last April, its not because there arent enough fire-power to do it.”]
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