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csdrane·

This is totally inappropriate.

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Why inappropriate?

For the same reason it would be inappropriate to blame you.

Probably because it's accusing some random person of a crime that there is literally no reason to suspect they are responsible for.

Except it's the exact accusation leveled by the linked article.

Very young person so possibly impulsive; started college at age 12 so might not have developed enough emotional intelligence to avoid doing these things.

I mean, Bloomberg is pointing fingers, I'm just trying to understand why an anti-DDoS firm would be DDoSing other firms..

EDIT: Also, "Marshal Webb, 18, whose Hamilton, Ohio home was raided this week by FBI agents as part of the LulzSec investigation". Maybe he did it or maybe not, but if he did, it wouldn't be the first time

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/internet/hackers-who-...

Per his LinkedIn[0] he started college at age 16. He's 23 now. The fact that he started college 2 years early, seven years ago, made him decide to DDoS a huge DNS provider? That's quite a leap...

[0] - https://www.linkedin.com/in/webbmt

See my edit. You have fingers pointed at him, an unusual coincidence, and a background of being arrested by the FBI due to DDoS attacks he did when he was 16. Would you really be "surprised" if you find out he was the culprit, given these priors?

I'm not a judge nor a jury, I'm not stating he is guilty, just that that's more likely that a random guy attacking the firm

Also either his crunchbase or his linkedin are lying, because

"After starting college at the age of 12, I..." (from his crunchbase linked above)

>I'm just trying to understand why an anti-DDoS firm would be DDoSing other firms

It's basic 'eliminate the competitors' behavior.

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