Geekiest Local Story Of The Day Comes From ZDNet: "Bruce Raisley, 49, of Kansas City, Missouri, was convicted of launching a botnet program that infected about 100,000 computers around the world and directed them to attack the websites of Rolling Stone magazine and others, said the Department of Justice in a statement . . . Raisley's wrath was apparently provoked after he was caught in a 'honey trap' sting launched by the Perverted Justice vigilante group where he used to volunteer."
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Throw away the key on this guy. Secure your web sites. It's astounding how many websites have so many glaring holes and vulnerabilities. Anyone who's operating a self contained blog-site on a hosting provider needs to get their blogs updated to the latest version and seek out some extra security tips.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise your asking for trouble these days. Begging for it. Your host isn't responsible for your sites security on the front end especially. Or the back end for that matter.
I don't believe in hell but if there were one, there should be a special place reserved for this kind of *ssh*t.
ReplyDeletewhat possible motive could anyone have for spending time to create a program to screw up computers?
Steve's right, above. Roast the guy.
Mo Rage