Dutch prosecutors ask for jail terms for botnet gang

[tickler]

Well now we know how so much of our favorite thiefware got installed.
Prosecutors also charge that the defendants threatened an advertising software maker, 180Solutions, now renamed with a denial-of-service attack after a dispute over payment.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...-for-jail.html

[Velvet donkey]

Originally Posted by tickler

Well now we know how so much of our favorite thiefware got installed.
Prosecutors also charge that the defendants threatened an advertising software maker, 180Solutions, now renamed with a denial-of-service attack after a dispute over payment.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...-for-jail.html

Yeah, was told I would likely myself face down in a ditch if I entered this business and shot content on someone else’s “turf”. Kind of frustrating. Did not go to authorities though…

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Velvet donkey

Yeah, was told I would likely myself face down in a ditch if I entered this business and shot content on someone else’s “turf”. Kind of frustrating. Did not go to authorities though…

you have to be kidding....do our business man...threats are easy to make
few have the balls to go through with it

[Jim]

Originally Posted by tickler

Well now we know how so much of our favorite thiefware got installed.
Prosecutors also charge that the defendants threatened an advertising software maker, 180Solutions, now renamed with a denial-of-service attack after a dispute over payment.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...-for-jail.html

You know what I see from this? Not only do they install that crap but they don't pay their affiliates

[jackbdirty]

Well, you definitly have your point there, Jim.