Attack on game raises prospect of online extortion
An article by Will Knight in the New Scientist discusses the possibilities of online extortion in light of the recent events surrounding the Final Fantasy XI Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. Writes Knight, "An attack against a prominent online computer game has prompted fears that lucrative virtual communities could be the next target for internet extortionists. Final Fantasy XI, a popular fantasy role-playing game run by Japanese company Square Enix, suffered disruption after being bombarded with bogus traffic sent from hundreds of remotely controlled computers"
posted by Fergie @ 4/21/2005 09:16:00 AM
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