419Eater DDoS'd?

Found on Spamnation on Saturday, 08 September 2007
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We've had a report that the popular scambaiting site 419Eater and the anti-scam site Scamwarners are the latest anti-spam sites to fall victim to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Both sites are down at this time.

There's good reason to believe that the Zhelatin (Storm Worm) gang have been behind a number of other DDoS attacks this year, including an attack against anti-spam sites and download sites operated by a rival spam gang.

Other attacks have targeted blacklists, anti-malware and -spyware sites, and general 'umbrella' sites like Spamhaus. (Although Spamhaus is probably under attack 365 days a year, so it may be hard to distinguish an attack from background noise). The current attack, with its focus on anti-scam sites, seems to fit that pattern.

Stormworm once again. You might want to curse those behind it, but you also have to face the reality: as long as enough people (and obviously there are way more than just a few) who are stupid enough to buy from spam or fall for pennystocks, this will continue. You can call for tougher laws against spammers and for more restrictions for Internet connections, but this won't help. You need also take care of the other end: go after those selling fake pills and make changes to the stock trading.