lunchmeat
01-26-2004, 01:46 AM
DoS extortionists were most likely the reason behind all the poker sites being down last weekend. Absolute Poker was able to thwart the attacks eventually, but Absolute has also said that the extortionists claimed last weekend was only a small sample of what is to come.
The full article from Bet2Gamble is copied below...
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Gambling911 this week reported more weekend Denial of Service extortion attacks on sportsbooks...and on a poker room.
The portal revealed that "...those betting offshore this weekend were in for a rude awakening as several sportsbooks fought off the widest range of Denial of Service attacks yet, and the attackers promise worse things to come.
"Among those hit, Cascade, BetPanAm, Sports-Gambling.com, Blue Grass Sports just to name a few. Olympic Sports appeared to also be under DoS attack but would not release a statement to this effect."
"Even the poker sites are no longer immune. Absolute Poker was under attack a good portion of Saturday. "The problem has been solved one hundred percent and we are proactively trying to ensure that it stays that way" commented spokesman Hilt Jorgensen.
The attackers threatened a massive assault for both this weekend and the Super Bowl, offshore sports betting's busiest day of the year.
In a deeply threatening and unlawful email sent out last Saturday, the attackers warned operators that increased protection would do little to stop the attacks, and made the following extortionate demands:
"This is what all your customers are going to be telling you this Sunday and on Super Bowl Sunday. You can triple the size of your pipe and it still won't help. You will be under a dos attack, just like the attacks that so many others have experienced this football season.
"The choice is simple, either you make a deal with us to protect your site from this happening, or you can forget about taking any more bets over the internet. The sites that cared about their business paid us the $40,000 for 1 year of protection and have experienced no problems since making the deal. The ones that refused to pay have lost much more than what we have asked for as their site keeps going up and down.
"You have 3 choices. You can make a deal with us now before the attacks start. You can make a deal with us when you are under attack. You can ignore us and plan on losing your Internet business.
"You can make a deal with us before the attacks start by agreeing to pay $15,000 for 6 months protection. The funds have to be sent by Western Union and must be sent the same day the deal is made.
"If you wait to make a deal with us when the attacks start, it will cost you $25,000 for 6 months protection and the lost revenues as your site will stay down until the $25,000 is received.
"If you choose to ignore this email, you will see how painful it can be when you get emailed from your customers with the subject your site is down."
It is understood that several elite law enforcement agencies are investigating the ongoing attacks.
The full article from Bet2Gamble is copied below...
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Gambling911 this week reported more weekend Denial of Service extortion attacks on sportsbooks...and on a poker room.
The portal revealed that "...those betting offshore this weekend were in for a rude awakening as several sportsbooks fought off the widest range of Denial of Service attacks yet, and the attackers promise worse things to come.
"Among those hit, Cascade, BetPanAm, Sports-Gambling.com, Blue Grass Sports just to name a few. Olympic Sports appeared to also be under DoS attack but would not release a statement to this effect."
"Even the poker sites are no longer immune. Absolute Poker was under attack a good portion of Saturday. "The problem has been solved one hundred percent and we are proactively trying to ensure that it stays that way" commented spokesman Hilt Jorgensen.
The attackers threatened a massive assault for both this weekend and the Super Bowl, offshore sports betting's busiest day of the year.
In a deeply threatening and unlawful email sent out last Saturday, the attackers warned operators that increased protection would do little to stop the attacks, and made the following extortionate demands:
"This is what all your customers are going to be telling you this Sunday and on Super Bowl Sunday. You can triple the size of your pipe and it still won't help. You will be under a dos attack, just like the attacks that so many others have experienced this football season.
"The choice is simple, either you make a deal with us to protect your site from this happening, or you can forget about taking any more bets over the internet. The sites that cared about their business paid us the $40,000 for 1 year of protection and have experienced no problems since making the deal. The ones that refused to pay have lost much more than what we have asked for as their site keeps going up and down.
"You have 3 choices. You can make a deal with us now before the attacks start. You can make a deal with us when you are under attack. You can ignore us and plan on losing your Internet business.
"You can make a deal with us before the attacks start by agreeing to pay $15,000 for 6 months protection. The funds have to be sent by Western Union and must be sent the same day the deal is made.
"If you wait to make a deal with us when the attacks start, it will cost you $25,000 for 6 months protection and the lost revenues as your site will stay down until the $25,000 is received.
"If you choose to ignore this email, you will see how painful it can be when you get emailed from your customers with the subject your site is down."
It is understood that several elite law enforcement agencies are investigating the ongoing attacks.