"In a plea agreement, the accused admitted using the Low Orbit Ion Cannon tool, Anonymous's favourite website flooding utility, to hit PayPal as part of "Operation Avenge Assange:'" The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/09/paypal_13_guilty_pleas/
Media reports claimed denial of service attack cost Ebay $5.5 million. Ebay founder said in effect the DDOS tool gave each hactivist the online power of 6,000 protestors...
What is DDOS? It stands for Distributed Denial of Service. It's one of the most important and common cyber attacks -- the attacker overloads or "floods" the target Web site with thousands of requests at the same time to shut it down. To learn about the DDOS program, DDOS protect options and how to stop DDOS attacks, read below.
DDOS News
Monday, December 9, 2013
Ebay DDOS Attackers Plead Guilty; Used "Low Orbit Ion Cannon" DDOS Tool
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