Cyber Security Group 1 by Rob Speirs https://padlet.com/rob_speirs/gdaks9q0mcx3 Group 1 en-us 2017-10-05 08:53:33 UTC 2023-05-02 20:14:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Posting rob_speirs https://padlet.com/rob_speirs/gdaks9q0mcx3/wish/194200913 Click the plus button to add comment]]> 2017-10-05 08:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rob_speirs/gdaks9q0mcx3/wish/194200913 MafiaBoy causes $1 billion dollars in damages (2000) https://padlet.com/rob_speirs/gdaks9q0mcx3/wish/194231489 15y/o Michael Calce a.k.a MafiaBoy unleashed numerous DDoS attacks against high profile websites such as Amazon and eBay. An industry expert estimated the attacks resulted in a $US1.2 billion dollar damage bill. 

At the time, there was very little protection against this type of attack

He was arrested and later sentenced in 2001. As a minor he was given 8 months in open custody, meaning his movements and actions were restricted.

Calce has since written as a columnist and recently published a book about his ordeal. 

]]> 2017-10-05 10:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rob_speirs/gdaks9q0mcx3/wish/194231489 https://padlet.com/rob_speirs/gdaks9q0mcx3/wish/194231903 2017-10-05 10:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rob_speirs/gdaks9q0mcx3/wish/194231903 https://padlet.com/rob_speirs/gdaks9q0mcx3/wish/194233469 2017-10-05 10:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rob_speirs/gdaks9q0mcx3/wish/194233469 The attack caused widespread panic, with computer expert Winn Schwartau claiming that “Government and commercial computer systems are so poorly protected today they can essentially be considered defenseless - an Electronic Pearl Harbor waiting to happen.” https://padlet.com/rob_speirs/gdaks9q0mcx3/wish/194234065 2017-10-05 10:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rob_speirs/gdaks9q0mcx3/wish/194234065