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Originally posted by AndreY
...now that's a dDoS attack 
* AndreY has a flatrate ...hmm...
Oh wait, it just uses up their bandwith....hmm...dDoS or not ? 
Well...As Cookie convinced me that those actions are dDoS attacks I won't participate in this one.
The difference is that this attack will attack websites only, not servers. So in this case other sites on the same server will not be affected (which was the case in the Lycos-attack)
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Originally posted by FrozernFire
is it possible to just hack the scammers' website?
that is exactly what this does...
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Originally posted by leito.gt
But, who verifies if their database is right? It would be really a shame if a good webpage receives an attack by mistake.
Indeed, and we all know how "accurate" such lists are (it wouldn't be the first time something has been listed as malicious while in fact it isn't)....
Even the sole fact that anyone can list any website to be attacked on that page is dangerous on its own.
A very small search revealed that there is already 1 problem: Companies for financial services don't nessecairly need to be authorised by
FSA-type organisations to be genuine. Although it is of course very strongly adviced to only use financial institutes which are authorised by such organisations (because then you have a legal way in resolving conflicts and stuff)...
Also a financial institute can be autherised by one organisation, but not (yet) by the other, etc...
If the financial institute is authorised by such organisations, then you are certain that it is genuine. If it is not, then chances are great, but not 100%!!!!, that it isn't genuine...
note: this isn't a comment to say that such lists are rubbish, only that you need to be very carefull in dealing with such lists as on
Lad Vampire and think of the consequences and don't believe anything just like that.
Just attacking those institutes can result in the site being taken down. So? The scammer can (and will) just continue with another site and by that time many people will have fallen in the trap again...
It is much better to report them to the authorities for many other reasons.
A) it will first be investigated properly to make sure
B) further activities of the scammers can be monitored/prevented
C) attacking sites isn't a (legal) punishment for those scammers, only an inconvenience. They aren't stopped by it
D) using attacks like this mostly results in internet bandwidth use. Despite in what you may believe the internet is getting slower and slower. Together with spammails, other useless/malicious attacks, etc..., all these types of bandwidth-use count for 90% of all internet traffic!! (The added and normal bandwidth use of the increasing number of people connecting to the net each year doesn't count as much in the total figur) This must be constantly compensated with adding more newer faster servers and network cables and costs heaps of money. In the end, you only harm yourself (and other people) with participating in such things
E) reporting it to the autorities makes the authorities aware that there might be/is a problem with international internet laws (or the lack of them). Just attacking like that will not result in anything being done to this kind of scams and problems (like other related stuff, eg: spam).
But Again, it speaks for itself that using financial institues which are not authorised is extremely risky. But it is another major big step to conclude that _all_ unauthorised institutes are _scams_ and should be attacked just like that.
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