Found this earlier, I think alot of people are now cyber criminals

[Gumi Rokkaku]

Reminds me of this old joke article I read. I'm just gonna copy/paste it here because it's funny as balls.

 

1. Has your son asked you to change ISPs?

2. Are you finding programs on your computer that you don't remember installing?

3. Has your child asked for new hardware?

Computer hackers are often limited by conventional computer hardware. They may request "faster" video cards, and larger hard drives, or even more memory. If your son starts requesting these devices, it is possible that he has a legitimate need. You can best ensure that you are buying legal, trustworthy hardware by only buying replacement parts from your computer's manufacturer.

If your son has requested a new "processor" from a company called "AMD", this is genuine cause for alarm. AMD is a third-world based company who make inferior, "knock-off" copies of American processor chips. They use child labor extensively in their third world sweatshops, and they deliberately disable the security features that American processor makers, such as Intel, use to prevent hacking. AMD chips are never sold in stores, and you will most likely be told that you have to order them from internet sites. Do not buy this chip! This is one request that you must refuse your son, if you are to have any hope of raising him well.

4. Does your child read hacking manuals?

5. How much time does your child spend using the computer each day?

6. Does your son use Quake?

7. Is your son becoming argumentative and surly in his social behaviour?

8. Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"?

9. Has your son radically changed his appearance?

10. Is your son struggling academically?

[byalexandr]

They'll never find me, I have AdBlock. /s

[astranger200]

Why don't I believe you...?

Euhm maybe because do you even know how much that is?! Your whole neighborhood would of crashed... The average is like 6 Gbps

Stupid kids...

well he brought 2 large schools two a standstill (and only the schools as we have a direct line)

[Master Disaster]

Well looks like all Youtubers have a chance to be cyber criminals, looks like they should start building Cyber-Prisons

Can PewDiePie be the first person to be locked away please.

[KayTees]

Can PewDiePie be the first person to be locked away please.

Yea man, that sounds pretty good.

[LukeTim]

yes but its not hurting anyone, so why is it illegal

 

If you DDoS a commercial website, that website loses money.

I think that's all the justification that is needed to make it illegal. On top of that, there is the fact that it is often achieved using zombie nets which are obviously illegal because they require installing malicious software on unsuspecting machines in order to make use of their resources.

It's also fucking annoying when you're trying to use a website/service and some obnoxious script kiddie is taking it down.

[Bouzoo]

well he brought 2 large schools two a standstill (and only the schools as we have a direct line)

 

I thought it was only classmates? Anyhow, you still wonder why it is illegal? Let's name a few things:

 

Schools (or better to say people that finance the state) are paying quite a hugs sums for something they are not able to use. 

Many things, like administrative processes are put on hold because there is no outside communication. 

Any class that uses internet is also put on hold because the same reason. And no, you can't just learn something else and then do this later, you learn stuff in order for a reason. 

People have to check why the problems are happening instead of doing something else and manpower costs time and money.

People at your IP have different tasks with sorting out bills because of the attack. 

He is meddling in property that he does not own. 

"Stealing bandwith" he does not own. 

Etc. 

 

Yes, your friend is guilty, if he even exists. It all sounds made up, but in case you were wondering why it's illegal, there are far more reasons. Ok, maybe it's not exactly illegal because of those reasons, those are more like problems DDoS-ing a school brings. Also 2 schools, double the problem. 

[Tsuki]

Reminds me of this old joke article I read. I'm just gonna copy/paste it here because it's funny as balls.

you mean this one?

http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html

[Seireitou]

Damn this really is a wake up call for me. Seeing this makes me wanna turn my life around and do something to benefit society. I wanna make a difference. Like being a mall cop or a plumber. Lets not use my mind and use my body! Who's with me!!!???

[Coaxialgamer]

you mean this one?

http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html

I'm scared to think that someone actually believes this.

[Coaxialgamer]

Damn this really is a wake up call for me. Seeing this makes me wanna turn my life around and do something to benefit society. I wanna make a difference. Like being a mall cop or a plumber. Lets not use my mind and use my body! Who's with me!!!???

Mall cop?

Plumber?

Are you kidding me?

Mall Santa is where its at!

[Seireitou]

Mall cop?

Plumber?

Are you kidding me?

Mall Santa is where its at!

I only have a job once a year though...plus....I don't think people are gonna like a black Santa lmfao.

[Tsuki]

I'm scared to think that someone actually believes this.

the article is a fake. so at the very least the author doesn't believe it. however there are people that do, which is really scary.  the really scary thing though, is that some of the people that do believe this crap, are the people in charge of making the decisions about it.

[Coaxialgamer]

the article is a fake. so at the very least the author doesn't believe it. however there are people that do, which is really scary. the really scary thing though, is that some of the people that do believe this crap, are the people in charge of making the decisions about it.

I know. The part about amd made me laugh though

[astranger200]

I thought it was only classmates? Anyhow, you still wonder why it is illegal? Let's name a few things:

 

Schools (or better to say people that finance the state) are paying quite a hugs sums for something they are not able to use. 

Many things, like administrative processes are put on hold because there is no outside communication. 

Any class that uses internet is also put on hold because the same reason. And no, you can't just learn something else and then do this later, you learn stuff in order for a reason. 

People have to check why the problems are happening instead of doing something else and manpower costs time and money.

People at your IP have different tasks with sorting out bills because of the attack. 

He is meddling in property that he does not own. 

"Stealing bandwith" he does not own. 

Etc. 

 

Yes, your friend is guilty, if he even exists. It all sounds made up, but in case you were wondering why it's illegal, there are far more reasons. Ok, maybe it's not exactly illegal because of those reasons, those are more like problems DDoS-ing a school brings. Also 2 schools, double the problem. 

 

 

If you DDoS a commercial website, that website loses money.

I think that's all the justification that is needed to make it illegal. On top of that, there is the fact that it is often achieved using zombie nets which are obviously illegal because they require installing malicious software on unsuspecting machines in order to make use of their resources.

It's also fucking annoying when you're trying to use a website/service and some obnoxious script kiddie is taking it down.

ehh...

he has stopped now as I told him to...

if he does it again I'll report him to our IT department...

[Section35]

Hey guys,

 

Just saw this topic covered on the WAN Show. I'd like to say that Linus and Luke make excellent points, and my original, very accusative opinion has changed. Overall it's a good article.