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Study: DDoS Often Used as Tool for Protests, Civil Disobedience
Security evangelist Sean-Paul Correll called the phenomenon “the future of cyber protests,” and a new report seems to substantiate his prediction of distributed denial of service attacks becoming a method frequently used by protesters and civil disobedients. Historically associated with extortion, DDoS has morphed into an instrument used for various nonfinancial reasons, including political ones, [...]