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Hack Forums removes section for advertising DDoS booters
Omniscient, the administrator of Hack Forums, the Internet's biggest freely accessible hacking-related forum, has announced on Friday, October 26, that he'll be removing the DDoS-for-Hire section from the forum.
His decision came after a series of events that have tied his forum with DDoS attacks carried with the Mirai botnet.
It all started when a Hack Forums user named Anna-Senpai released the source code of the Mirai malware via the forum, which drew a massive and immediate attention from security researchers.
A person who had taken Mirai's source code and modified it, had then used it to launch a DDoS attack on the network of Dyn, a managed DNS service, which resulted in a large section of the Internet becoming unavailable.
Flashpoint report puts law enforcement focus on Hack Forums
Following this incident, security firm Flashpoint published a report suggesting that Hack Forums members might be behind the attack.
Three days before taking his decision, the forum's administrator had shown interest in shutting down the section, following a bad encounter with US media.
“ There is a reason I separated it, made it Ub3r only, and disallowed profile advertising. I can absolutely see a day when it's removed entirely. Could be very soon too. ”
Omniscient feared that his forum was being demonized and made a scapegoat for the Dyn DDoS attack and the current state of freely-accessibly DDoS-for-Hire services.
To be fair, Hack Forums is not the only forum where these types of services are advertised, but it has the biggest visibility.
Omniscient was also mad that a quote he provided to the Washington Post had been ignored and only certain portions used, giving the forum a bad image. The full statement the admin provided is available below.
Read more: The Internet's Biggest Hacking Forum Removes Its DDoS-for-Hire Section
...better late than never ....
Omniscient, the administrator of Hack Forums, the Internet's biggest freely accessible hacking-related forum, has announced on Friday, October 26, that he'll be removing the DDoS-for-Hire section from the forum.
His decision came after a series of events that have tied his forum with DDoS attacks carried with the Mirai botnet.
It all started when a Hack Forums user named Anna-Senpai released the source code of the Mirai malware via the forum, which drew a massive and immediate attention from security researchers.
A person who had taken Mirai's source code and modified it, had then used it to launch a DDoS attack on the network of Dyn, a managed DNS service, which resulted in a large section of the Internet becoming unavailable.
Flashpoint report puts law enforcement focus on Hack Forums
Following this incident, security firm Flashpoint published a report suggesting that Hack Forums members might be behind the attack.
Three days before taking his decision, the forum's administrator had shown interest in shutting down the section, following a bad encounter with US media.
“ There is a reason I separated it, made it Ub3r only, and disallowed profile advertising. I can absolutely see a day when it's removed entirely. Could be very soon too. ”
Omniscient feared that his forum was being demonized and made a scapegoat for the Dyn DDoS attack and the current state of freely-accessibly DDoS-for-Hire services.
To be fair, Hack Forums is not the only forum where these types of services are advertised, but it has the biggest visibility.
Omniscient was also mad that a quote he provided to the Washington Post had been ignored and only certain portions used, giving the forum a bad image. The full statement the admin provided is available below.
Read more: The Internet's Biggest Hacking Forum Removes Its DDoS-for-Hire Section
...better late than never ....
