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BNP pleads for cash after reported DDoS assault
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| A conspiracy by "Marxist cyber criminals" campaigning against the BNP is
| alleged to be behind the assault, which remains ongoing, according to an
| appeal email, which was sent out on Monday.
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| The size of the renewed assault is unparalleled and there is no doubt
| that whoever has organised this has had to pay out a serious amount of
| money to the criminal underworld.
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| On Friday the servers of Clear Channel, part of a huge conglomerate that
| provides billboard advertising to the BNP, suffered a similar attack.
| Their IT professionals tracked the criminal activity back to a
| notorious "anti-fascist" organisation openly aligned to the Labour Party
| and supported by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. This
| organisation was protesting at the decision by Clear Channel to allow the
| BNP to display advertising in support of our European Election Campaign.
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| As a consequence of the criminal actions against Clear Channel we
| understand that their legal team is currently in the process of issuing
| writs against the perpetrators which as well as civil actions will
| involve the possibility of potential criminal charges including
| racketeering.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/27/bnp_ddos/
Related:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
Botnets Running Rampant
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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html
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