Hacker targering porno sites

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http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59574,00.html

 

Porn Purveyors Getting Squeezed 

 

By Noah Shachtman

 

02:00 AM Jul. 10, 2003 PT

 

Pay me, or I'll crash your porno website.

 

That's the threat Internet smut-slingers say they've been receiving from a hacker with a vendetta against the adult industry. And it appears to be more than just tough talk. Several sites have been temporarily taken offline in the last 10 days, battered by massive denial-of-service attacks, according to website operators.

 

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The string of bizarre incidents started June 30, at gofuckyourself.com (or GFY), the best-known bulletin board for adult webmasters. A user, "Deepsy," proclaimed that he would cripple the site in 20 minutes. GFY's administrators had to contact him, he added, to "discuss ... further instructions."

 

GFY members scoffed. But 20 minutes later, the board was down.

 

After about an hour, the attack was called off. Then Deepsy repeated his order to GFY. And began threatening other adult sites, as well.

 

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One erotica operator, who asked not to be named, said that beefed-up security measures have kept attackers at bay, after Deepsy allegedly crashed his site. This webmaster said he'd like to tell the FBI about his troubles. But he and others in the porn world are reluctant.

 

"It's hard for the adult industries to go to the authorities," he said. "Try going to the FBI computer crimes division and saying you run analsex.com."

 

But that didn't stop Chris Davies. He's filed a complaint with the National Infrastructure Protection Center, whose investigations are handled by the FBI. Bureau spokesman Bill Murray said the FBI is in the process of determining which law enforcement agency is best equipped to handle the case.

 

Davies' company hosts several dirty domains, including the Adult Webmaster Info bulletin board, which has been brought low by massive, coordinated traffic in the last few weeks, including more than 745 million hits in one day this week.

 

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Under federal law, first-time hacking offenses are now punishable by up to 10 years in prison, according to Harvard law professor Jonathan Zittrain. Making threats to damage property earns up to two years in the clink.

 

In an interview over instant messenger, Deepsy said that he had personal beefs with several of his alleged victims: Both GFY's chieftain, nicknamed "Lensman," and Nightbucks.com head Jay Jay owed him money. This was his way of collecting, Deepsy said.

 

But the alleged hacker may wind up getting more than he bargained for, said Luke Ford, author of A History of X: 100 Years of Sex in Film.

 

"Deepsy should be worried for his life," he wrote in an e-mail. "Some of these Internet players would kill over matters like this."

 

Rick Latona -- with smut and lowbrow joke site ConsumptionJunction.com -- announced on GFY a $2,000 reward for any information about his attacker.

 

"This will get ugly," Latona promised.

 

Deepsy "picked the wrong industry" to mess with, Latona added in an instant message.

 

"I'll gladly have someone take care of things," a GFYer replied. "Fucking blackmailing shitface must die."

 

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