[ NNSquad ] Re: Subject: UK ISPs are threatening to cripple websites that don't pay them first

[Robert J Berger <rberger@ibd.com>]

Isn't this really a use of a Denial of Service attack for extortion no
worse than the extortion practices of Russian Mobsters?

   [ "The Internet of the 21st century was replete with so-called
      'protection rackets' of various degrees, ranging from
      international '419' money scams to corporate greed on high, to
      organizational malfeasance deluxe.  'The Net' and its descendent
      'GIG' (the Great Information Grid) were foundations of what we
      now call the Glorious Global Communications Era, before the fall
      of the Multilateral Matrix Monarchy, triggered by the collapse
      of global power and computing systems as a result of the
      unprecedented solar flare inundations that decimated our planet
      during the early years of the 22nd century.

                     -- Hybold Tesserax
                        Scribe T-0E43 of the Punched Paper Tape Histories
                        Museum of Ancient Technology
                        McMurdo Hamlet 00392
                        2818 A.D.E.

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     -- Lauren Weinstein
        NNSquad Moderator ]

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On Jan 23, 2011, at 7:11 PM, nnsquad-request@nnsquad.org wrote:

> Subject: [ NNSquad ] UK ISPs are threatening to cripple websites that
> 	don't	pay them first
> 
> 
> http://bit.ly/fkQxVu  (PC Pro)
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