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		personjerry on May 24, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The teens behind the Mirai botnet > Paras had started his own DDoS-mitigation service, ProTraf Solutions, and wanted Rutgers to pick ProTraf over Incapsula. And he wasn’t going to stop attacking his school until it switched. Isn't that just a protection racket? I.e. extortion?

wayne-li2 on May 25, 2023 [–]

Yes? Are we surprised at the boys’ lack of ethics here?

personjerry on May 25, 2023 | [–]

I had thought, from the way the article was phrased, that the student was in an active dialogue with his school, and this makes me think they should've just kicked him out

wayne-li2 on May 25, 2023 | | [–]

No worries, I was just trying to be humorous!

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