According to Daniel Krebs an independent security researcher, hackers have started contending among themselves openly by providing DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) services that can help in causing websites to collapse. Signalnews reported this on August 2, 2011.
Apparently, several secret forums exist on which subscribers canvass their skills for carrying out devastating DDoS assaults in return for a payment.
Krebs writes that all services for distributed denial-of-service assault are priced an identical value, with the mean price charged for deactivating an Internet site astonishingly affordable. The prices for DDoS attack services are $5-$10 every hour; $40-$50 daily; $350 to $400 every week; and $1,200 and above every month. InfoSecurity published this on August 2, 2011.
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