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On February 2000, a massive DDoS attack against high profile websites including [[Yahoo]]!, Buy.com, eBay, CNN, Amazon.com, ZDNet.com, E*Trade, and Excite were paralyzed and lost an estimated amount of $1.7 billion. A suspect in who is a juvenile Canada with an online alias "mafiaboy" was arrested on April of the same year. He plead guilty on January 18, 2001 on 56 charges of mischief and illegal use of computer services.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/hackers/whoare/notable.html E-Commerce Giants Crippled in DDoS Attacks]</ref>
On February 2000, a massive DDoS attack against high profile websites including [[Yahoo]]!, Buy.com, eBay, CNN, Amazon.com, ZDNet.com, E*Trade, and Excite were paralyzed and lost an estimated amount of $1.7 billion. A suspect in who is a juvenile Canada with an online alias "mafiaboy" was arrested on April of the same year. He plead guilty on January 18, 2001 on 56 charges of mischief and illegal use of computer services.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/hackers/whoare/notable.html E-Commerce Giants Crippled in DDoS Attacks]</ref>
==Frequent Targets of Intruder Attacks==
==Frequent Targets of Intruder Attacks==