The Arbor Networks researchers said a 40-gigabit attack took place this year when two rival criminal cybergangs began quarreling over control of an online Ponzi scheme. "This was, initially, criminal-on-criminal crime though obviously the greatest damage was inflicted on the infrastructure used by the criminals," the network operator wrote in a note on the attack. Full Story »
Posted by Walter Cox
This article does an admirable job of translating some of the more complex features of modern internet attack into a fast-reading news clip. It is important that some of the subtle, technical details of "tech news" be delivered in short, fast-reading news clips. But Mr. Markoff essentially re-hashes a press release from Arbor Networks, a company that makes money by selling software to combat this very problem. Not a very in-depth or well sourced account of a global problem. Check out the Washington Post for *much* better coverage of the botnet phenomenon, including the steps and potential oversteps being taken to combat it.
