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Turkish Hackers Are Giving Away Prizes For Participating In DDoS Attacks

Turkish hacking group is encouraging individuals to join its DDoS-for-Points platform that features points and prizes for carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a list of predetermined targets. The DDoS platform software also contains a hidden backdoor that allows the Surface Defense operator to “hack the hackers” The list of predefined targets includes Kurdish websites of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), its military wing the People’s Defense Force (HPG), Kurdish radio and TV stations, Kurdish hacking crews, and more.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2016/12/ddos-attack-game.html

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