Finnish bank takes cricket bat to wave after wave of DDoS varmints

Finnish bank OP is continuing to fight off a cascading series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that began on New Year's Eve. OP was forced to restrict access to its services from outside the Nordic country as a result of the attack. The motive for the attack, much less the perpetrators' identity, remain unclear …

[Sam Liddicott]

The Wolf of Kabul

I can't be the only one who straightaway was reminded of the Wolf of Kabul and clicky-ba...

> Chung often apologised for his headbashing: "Lord, I am full of humble sorrow—I did not mean to knock down these men—'clicky-ba' merely turned in my hand".

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: The Wolf of Kabul

I wonder how many isis/taliban skulls he'd be able to crack with it these days?

[Donkey Molestor X]

ITT OP IS A FA...

had to check what site I was on for a second.

[Anon5000]

A hunch says this is Lizard Squad kiddie related. So I gave him some change and he went back to his bell tower mumbling something about the queen,,,

[Mark 85]

The Dotcom effect?

The large guy paid off attackers to play a game. Sony's first inkling about their attack was a demand for money. Now this.... I wonder how many companies have paid off attackers and never reported it?