DDoS attacks on Anti Scam Websites

Organised distributed denial of service attacks against the main players in anti-scam movement 419eater.com, scamwarners.com and aa419.org were attacked by a huge amount of junk traffic for several days. The administrators turned to blogs for alternative channels of communication to distribute news of the attacks.

Both 419eater.com and scamwarners.com were back operating normally by Monday morning while aa419.org remains sluggish the load.

The identities of the perpetrators behind the attacks remain unclear. Scammers angry at the activities of the sites in exposing their swindles are the obvious prime suspects behind the DDoS assaults. One reader suggested that recent publicity against a range of fake Amazon sites might have prompted the attacks, but this remains unconfirmed.

Source: TheRegister