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| Then he got a call from his web host, Sitelutions which warned him that
| he had been hit by the largest DoS attack the outfit had seen.
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| The move was a shot across the bowels from a group of Russian hackers
| called Dark Group which felt they should have a cut of the action.
| Such groups are usually backed by the Russian Mafia and if they don't
| win then their bosses tend to make them offers they can't refuse.
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| After a few emails they demanded more than $50,000 to go away.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32246
Botnets, as usual, exploit vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system.
This raises the hosting bill, takes down Web sites, and opens the door to
crime.
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