DDoS Cripples Hospital

Asmo · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:27 am?? ?Post subject: DDoS Cripples Hospital

More news concerning DDoS'ers I'm afraid. Christopher Maxwell, of Vacaville California USA, 20 year-old, has been charged that he launched an DDoS attack in which he crippled a hospital. In the hospital the attack caused for the doctor's pagers not functioning anymore as well as shutting down computers of intensive care units.

Maxwell will see his first court appearance on the 23th of this month.

The botnet is thought to have consisted of 13,000 to 50,000 infected machines which were controlled over IRC.

Although the attack heavily crippled the hospital (Northwest Hospital and Medical Center in north Seattle) nurses quickly switched to using charts and were able to prevent any human harm.

Maxwell and two unidentified juvenile companions used a botnet to display unwanted advertisements on infected computers, which earned them an estimated $100,000.

For his crime, Maxwell can face up to 10 years in jail, $250,000 fine and returning damages. Northwest Hospital published that its costs to repair the network were $150,000.
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Asmo · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:46 am?? ?Post subject:

I have not found any 'reason' anywhere. When I do, I'll update the story :)
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wrf · Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 5

Now that's just not right. You can ddos an irc network, but not a freaking hospital.

Asmo · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:58 am?? ?Post subject:

You can DDoS a IRC network? Why? I've seen small ISP's go bankrupt because of that. You know, there are people working there as well who need to support their families.
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rob · Joined: 27 Oct 2004 Posts: 11

i think he meant if they are to ddos anything be it an irc network rather than a hospital where human lives are potentionally at risk, but never the less i also see where asmo is coming from it can have bad effects where ever they hit.

wrf · Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 5

Exactly. I wasn't giving permission to Dos an IRC network, but when compared to a hospital, there's some things that just cross the line.

Asmo · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:11 pm?? ?Post subject:

OK, I see what you mean. Thank god no human lifes were taken in this whole thing... He should be set as an example IMO, no symphaty form me for any DDoS'er, but this is even one step beyond ...
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mite · Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 107

This kid got sentenced to 3 years today

admin edit: Hope you dont mind me editting your loooong url to a bbencoded form so it wont distort the page anymore.

mite · Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 107