Sound like it could have been a lot more devastating if the attackers had more (mad) skill(z). I am curious, though, why law enforcement didn't become more involved and track them down rather than just block them.
If you ever do ever visit Medan, check out the taxidermy museum, it's not the sort of thing I'd normally support but it's the most awesome such museum on the planet by a long shot (even better than Walter Rothschild's legacy at Tring in the UK).
Incidentally in the last few days they just had a major earthquake a hundred clicks offshore to the south of Sumatra, and reports of tsunami waves. The northern tip, Banda Aceh, was one of the worst affected locations in the huge tsunami a few years back. It's enough to make you head to the northern coast and try your luck as a pirate.
it did say
> connecting directly from their home system
> [blocking] ending the targeted attacks
But then again, maybe it was a proxy through a compromised system.
All said, though, this could just be a nonsense fluff piece promoting Verizon, ars just links to their PR page when it implies you will get a detailed report.