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Story: Lycos denies attack on zombie army

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Posted by: Nick Brandt (Wednesday 1 December 2004, 7:49 PM)

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Is vigilante suddenly cool?

Can we beat up shop lifters and DOS attack servers freely now based on our own presumptions and findings?

I honestly thought it was April 1st when I read about Lycos DOS attacking servers, to the rest of the world that's illegal, I thought?

I'm as much against spam as all the rest of us but that's not the point (I'm also against DOS attacks, by the way).

I've worked as an Internet professional for 9 years and I reckon this is about the worst I've ever heard and I hope that at least some of you feel the same way.

Thanks for reading...

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