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December 05, 2004

Lycos DDoS denied

I mentioned in Lycos to DDoS spammers about how Lycos had set up a screensaver for the purposes of setting up DDoS attacks against alleged spammer websites.

Well, since then, Lycos has enjoyed a hefty kick of negative publicity. Aside from the fact that the website was hacked shortly after, and then major Internet backbones were denying access to the IP address used to host www.MakeLoveNotSpam.com, the website now appears "dead in the water".

Currently, the site simply exists as a graphic with "Stay Tuned" underneath - a death knell to corporate vigilante behaviour?

Posted by brian_turner at December 5, 2004 10:26 PM

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