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DDoSing is already an illegal cybercrime in the US. A DDoS attack could be classified as a federal criminal offense under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA
by offby37years 6y ago
DDoSing is already an illegal cybercrime in the US. A DDoS attack could be classified as a federal criminal offense under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)[1].
Under Damaging a Computer, 1030(a)(5)
> The provision may also be used to prosecute
the perpetrators of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, which occur, for example, when an attacker overwhelms a server’s ability to process legitimate requests by overloading the server with a flood of illegitimate traffic.
[1] https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R46536.pdf https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R46536.pdf
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- bananabreakfast 6y agoFacilitating terrorism is also a crime and a far more serious one
- nine_k 6y agoThere's the catch: it takes a court ruling to declare someone a criminal.
- baobabKoodaa 6y agoThe question remains unanswered: should the cloud hosting company wait for a court judgement that deems the DDOSer guilty of a crime?
- nytgop77 6y agoIt should call the police.
- baobabKoodaa 6y agoOk, sure, it should call the police, and then what? Should it wait for the police to investigate and the court to judge?