$1 million website DDoSed for ransom

Post by **R00k** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:13 am

Man, some people's kids...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4621158.stm

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Post by **Captain** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:16 am

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Post by **mjrpes** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:19 am

Looks like the solution is to blacklist all of Russia.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:20 am

Fucking russians.

Post by **Turbine** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:52 pm

So what?
He made $1 000 000, now he can forget about the website, as the companies never signed any contracts.

Ha Ha.

Post by **BlueGene** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:07 pm

http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6029020.html

After being hit by a denial of service attack that downed the Million Dollar Homepage site, British student Alex Tew now faces a lawsuit from one of the advertisers on the site.

The winner of the last 1,000 pixels, which sold for US$38,100 on eBay, is threatening to sue because the Web site was offline for six days until Wednesday, the Financial Times reported in its online edition on Thursday.

Eliger Kliger, owner of milliondollarweightloss.com, an online retailer of dieting products, won the auction for the advertising space last week, just before the Million Dollar Homepage succumbed to a denial of service attack.

No legal action has yet been taken, but an attorney for milliondollarweightloss.com told the Financial Times he was preparing to sue over breach of contract and negligence. The main complaint is that the advertisement did not go up immediately after the auction.

The Million Dollar Homepage was launched by Tew, who successfully raised $1 million by selling ad space for $1 per pixel. The site was battling back a DoS onslaught that began last week after an extortion attempt by a cybercriminal.

He might get a lawsuit from the guy who bought the last 1,000 pixels.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:47 pm

ToxicBug wrote:Fucking russians.

What would the friench know about russian's?

Post by **MKJ** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:39 pm

BlueGene wrote:http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6029020.html

After being hit by a denial of service attack that downed the Million Dollar Homepage site, British student Alex Tew now faces a lawsuit from one of the advertisers on the site.

The winner of the last 1,000 pixels, which sold for US$38,100 on eBay, is threatening to sue because the Web site was offline for six days until Wednesday, the Financial Times reported in its online edition on Thursday.

Eliger Kliger, owner of milliondollarweightloss.com, an online retailer of dieting products, won the auction for the advertising space last week, just before the Million Dollar Homepage succumbed to a denial of service attack.

No legal action has yet been taken, but an attorney for milliondollarweightloss.com told the Financial Times he was preparing to sue over breach of contract and negligence. The main complaint is that the advertisement did not go up immediately after the auction.

The Million Dollar Homepage was launched by Tew, who successfully raised $1 million by selling ad space for $1 per pixel. The site was battling back a DoS onslaught that began last week after an extortion attempt by a cybercriminal.
He might get a lawsuit from the guy who bought the last 1,000 pixels.

which wont hold up at all :icon14: gg

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:18 pm

Turbine wrote:So what?
He made $1 000 000, now he can forget about the website, as the companies never signed any contracts.

Ha Ha.

He said something about the site being up for at least 5 years... I don't know if theres a legal obligation though.

Post by **Canis** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:21 pm

ToxicBug wrote:
Turbine wrote:So what?
He made $1 000 000, now he can forget about the website, as the companies never signed any contracts.

Ha Ha.
He said something about the site being up for at least 5 years... I don't know if theres a legal obligation though.

AWESOME!!!