DDoS Mitigation Firm Founder Admits to DDoS
Summary: Tucker Preston, 22, of Macon, Georgia, pleaded guilty in a New Jersey court to one count of damaging protected computers by transmission of a program, code or command, admitting he paid a DDoS-for-hire service to attack others. Preston co-founded BackConnect Security LLC, a DDoS mitigation firm that a 2016 KrebsOnSecurity story reported had hijacked Internet address space it did not own, and records from the vDOS booter database showed email addresses tied to a domain he registered at 19 were used to attack multiple targets, including the Free Software Foundation.
Key Takeaway: The count carries a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, with sentencing set for May 7 - and the case shows a mitigation vendor's own founder among the paying customers of the attack service he was positioned to defend against.
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