"Most DDoS Attacks Tied to Gaming, Business Disputes, FBI and Prosecutors Say"

According to federal officials investigating Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) incidents, most attacks stem from business or gaming disputes. In recent years, much media coverage of DDoS attacks has centered on groups affiliated with or supporting nation-states, such as Russia, that launch them against the websites of rival governments. FBI special agent, Elliott Peterson, and Cameron Schroeder, chief of the cyber and IP crimes Section division at the US Justice Department, noted that most DDoS attacks resulted from petty disputes between children or business attempts to siphon customers. They gave a presentation about their work convicting 33-year-old Illinois native Matthew Gatrel, who was sentenced to two years in federal prison last year for operating a service that helped people launch over 200,000 DDoS attacks. Although they acknowledge a significant increase in geopolitically motivated DDoS attacks in 2021 and 2022, their investigation of Gatrel and other providers of DDoS-for-hire services revealed that the majority merely desired a gaming advantage. This article continues to discuss DDoS attacks associated with gaming and business disputes.

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