Judge says law allows DoS attacks

office politics · 11-11-2005, 02:12 PM

from http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/...ws-dos-attacks

The case involved a teenager accused of crashing his ex-employer's email server by bombarding it with millions of messages. But he was cleared after the judge ruled that DoS attacks are not illegal under the CMA. The decision puts firms at greater risk, experts warned, though attacks that use hijacked systems or involve extortion will still break the law.

Tyler1989 · 12-03-2005, 07:33 PM

great so all hackers need are 12 floppy discs.

11-11-2005, 02:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
office politics Dope Tech Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,660	Judge says law allows DoS attacks from http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/...ws-dos-attacks The case involved a teenager accused of crashing his ex-employer's email server by bombarding it with millions of messages. But he was cleared after the judge ruled that DoS attacks are not illegal under the CMA. The decision puts firms at greater risk, experts warned, though attacks that use hijacked systems or involve extortion will still break the law. __________________ Tech IMO.com \| ExtremeTech.com \| ASP Free.com \| SysOpt.com \| Tech Support Guy.org DB Forums.com \| Cyber Tech Help.com \| Lazy Forums.com \| Warrior Nation.net 'If you don't stand for somethin you'll fall for anything' - Dr. Dre Been there, done that

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