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Message 5 of 12 (700376)
06-02-2013 4:09 PM
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06-02-2013 6:06 AM


I apologize for the inconvenience.
A minor inconvenience. But I was wondering what happened so thanks for the explanation.
I agree with Panda's comment. There are huge botnets built out of trojanized machines, and they can probably be leased for a modest fee. So it mostly takes determination, rather than expertise, to mount a DDOS attack.
I mostly see this as someone who investigates phishing (in an amateurish way). That's another use of botnets.

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