DDoS marketing stunt backfires, entrepreneur jailed for nine months

Posted November 12, 2012

He meant to promote his anti-DDoS kit by shedding light on poor internet security at the Hong Kong stock exchange, but his two brief DDoS attacks instead wound up costing him his freedom for the better part of a year.

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Posted on November 12, 2012 by Lisa Vaas in Denial of service, Law & order, Security, Technology

Tags: DDoS HKex hong kong Hong Kong stock exchange jail Lisa Vaas marketing stunt Naked Security Pacswitch Globe Telecom prison stock exchange Tse Man-lai

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