There was no doubt this was the DDoS perpetrator. He had announced exactly when the attacks would take place, even counting down in the chatbox to the next wave.<\/p>\n
But would a DDoS attacker employed by a rival site realistically boast publicly about it in this way? Perhaps he was just taunting his victims. Or perhaps under the barrage of personal attacks being hurled his way he merely let down his guard and showed his cards.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a possibility, Nagy said. After all, why else would he continue when he has never extorted a dime from the site?<\/p>\n
\u201cThis guy is obviously not the most reputable source, but it makes sense,\u201d Nagy said. \u201cIt costs money to launch these attacks, they\u2019re not cheap. And they started when we launched our first million. It makes sense that I pissed somebody off.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Nagy said he is considering offering a reward, \u201csomething really big,\u201d to anyone who can find evidence of who has been behind the attacks.<\/p>\n
Until then, he said, \u201ckeep your eyes open, keep your ears open, because somebody, somewhere is f**king with your poker.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Winning Poker Network (WPN) and its flagship site America\u2019s Card Room (ACR) were hit by a spate of massive DDoS attacks on Thursday. The onslaught lasted three days and resulted in the cancelation of the network\u2019s \u201cBigger Online Super Series\u201d (BOSS) of tournaments. Cyberattacks are nothing new, and DDoS assaults have menaced the online […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":58022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,21,19,14],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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