Botnet is the correct term, but an even better one would be zombienet.
Computer taken over by a virus/trojan = zombie. Net of zombies under central command = zombienet / botnet
Topic: POOLS under DDOS ATTACKS - page 3. (Read 5488 times)
sounds bad
a net of bots 
I don't think this DDOS is an attempt at lowering the difficulty.
More likely a botnet owner was pissed at being banned from a certain pool & his btc being donated to the faucet.
More likely a botnet owner was pissed at being banned from a certain pool & his btc being donated to the faucet.
in short....what are botnets?
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A botnet is a collection of compromised computers, termed bots, that are used for malicious purposes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botnet I don't think this DDOS is an attempt at lowering the difficulty.
More likely a botnet owner was pissed at being banned from a certain pool & his btc being donated to the faucet.
More likely a botnet owner was pissed at being banned from a certain pool & his btc being donated to the faucet.
in short....what are botnets?
I don't think this DDOS is an attempt at lowering the difficulty.
More likely a botnet owner was pissed at being banned from a certain pool & his btc being donated to the faucet.
More likely a botnet owner was pissed at being banned from a certain pool & his btc being donated to the faucet.
I think people are doing it with good intentions.
So BTC Guild, Slush Pool, and Deepbit all under DDOS Attacks. WT FUDGE is going on. Seems like some hackers out their are out for blood. Really trying to get the difficulty down by attacking the biggest pools. Anyone else see a pattern here?
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