DDoS Attacks Confirmed

[Yurimi]

This is why we need an actual online police force, along with real penalties for these no-life low-lives.

This is actually a real life crime and can be punished as such depending on the country of the offender/country of the victim and whether extradition agreements are in place. It is just rarely enacted upon as most companies dont feel it worth the legal fees to push.

[Kosmos992k]

This is actually a real life crime and can be punished as such depending on the country of the offender/country of the victim and whether extradition agreements are in place. It is just rarely enacted upon as most companies dont feel it worth the legal fees to push.

It's also hard to get international agencies to cooperate in DDOS attacks - depending on the scale. One point worth mentioning is that criminal prosecutions are not pushed by victims, they are pushed by prosecuting authorities.

[Yurimi]

It's also hard to get international agencies to cooperate in DDOS attacks - depending on the scale. One point worth mentioning is that criminal prosecutions are not pushed by victims, they are pushed by prosecuting authorities.

Really depends as it would not be considered a federal crime in most countries but an attack of person so unless a company chooses to press charges (loss and damages in most cases) then there is really nothing a law agency can do other than "monitor" the offender for the future.

[Kosmos992k]

Really depends as it would not be considered a federal crime in most countries but an attack of person so unless a company chooses to press charges (loss and damages in most cases) then there is really nothing a law agency can do other than "monitor" the offender for the future.

Most countries have laws that make hacking a criminal, not a civil offense though, it's just low priority and very underfunded.

[savageink]

Re: "Why didn't they announce it 3 days ago?"

It's a Japanese company. They dot their i's cross their t's, then send it to the committee before they do anything. So, yeah, 3 days sounds urgent on their schedule.

[Ash_]

This is actually a real life crime and can be punished as such depending on the country of the offender/country of the victim and whether extradition agreements are in place. It is just rarely enacted upon as most companies dont feel it worth the legal fees to push.

It's also extremely difficult to gather sufficient evidence and determine who is exactly responsible, and there are still plenty of countries that don't have appropriate levels of law to deal with cyber crime.

As for this instance; no they haven't told any lie. It seems like a script kiddie decided to make the server issues worse than they should have been, using the early access and influx of players to hide their activity.