I have this friend.....I dunno, let’s say his name is.....Bart. Now Bart is a smart guy, but when he bought his first computer a while back, he wasn’t what I would call ‘internet savvy’. Don’t get me wrong, he could use the computer and internet, he could check his emails, he could browse websites, selling and buying stuff online. All the sorts of things that you would expect a home computer to be used for, it was.
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Earlier I posted that www.fraudwatchers.org had made the decision to stay offline permanently due to a significant DDoS attack they had suffered. This is what the administration team were saying.

Since the end of August/start of September a number of websites have been under denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The common theme among these websites is that they are run by volunteers trying to make the internet a better place, and reduce or create awareness about the threat of online criminal activity.