How Not to DDoS Your Former Employer
Summary: Kevin Courtois, a 28-year-old from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, was arrested for allegedly launching DDoS attacks against his former employer Concepta Inc. over a nine-month period starting in May 2012, with attacks ranging from a few gigabits per second up to 10 gbps. Security consultant Robert Masse traced the attacks to the ragebooter.net booter service, where a user named "concepta2" had signed up using an email address tied to at least 36 websites registered to a Kevin Courtois.
Key Takeaway: The attacks grew large enough to significantly affect Concepta's ISP, Xittel, and then shifted to targeting Xittel directly - a reminder that a grudge aimed at one employer can spill onto the infrastructure provider that carries its traffic.
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