InBoxRevenge KS Forum

The day after Brian Krebs' latest posting (see viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4520&p=53307#p54569 )
containing incriminating evidence from a leaked conversation between Igor Gusev and Dmitry Stupin, a heavy DDOS attack began.

It is currently still in progress after 13 hours


The article that may have triggered this angry reaction has already been syndicated, and can be read at

* the Noise page
* the InBoxRevenge
* the Computers Matter blog

I just tried to visit krebsonsecurity.com/ (unaware of the DOS attack) and received this page:



Keep your head up Brian, you do a great job so don't let the scumbags drag you down.

krebsonsecurity.com seems to be back up now.

Not only a DDOS and a reputation attack, but also a physical SWAT attack (using the police) on Brian Krebs himself

A must read:

It’s not often that one has the opportunity to be the target of a cyber and kinetic attack at the same time. But that is exactly what’s happened to me and my Web site over the past 24 hours. On Thursday afternoon, my site was the target of a fairly massive denial of service attack. That attack was punctuated by a visit from a heavily armed local police unit that was tricked into responding to a 911 call spoofed to look like it came from my home.


...

This morning, Dan Goodin, a good friend and colleague at Ars Technica, published a story about my ordeal after a late night phone interview. This morning, Ars Technica found itself on the receiving end of a nearly identical attack that was launched against my site on Thursday.

Read Brian's report . .
"The World Has No Room For Cowards" at
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/03/the-world-has-no-room-for-cowards/

Milford, Connecticut, hotbed of cyberhacking:
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/03/the- ... -is-today/