DDOS ATTACK

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Remember when there was a DDOS attacks on WordPress sites? here is the link in case you missed .
DDOS (Distributed Denial Of service) attacks can result in Heavy financial drains,especially if they’re launched against the website of a company that relies heavily on online service for its business operations. However, as far as hacktivist attacks are concerned, I don’t know of any operation relying on DDOS attacks that has made a difference, one that has influenced political or business decisions.
For instance, a few years ago, Anonymous hackers ( Operation payback) launched a massive DDOS attack against PayPal after the company decided to stop processing donations to WikiLeaks. But paypal did not change its stand on the issue.
Then there was the Mega upload Ddos attack.DDOS attacks were launched but mega upload site was never brought up.Should DDOS attacks be considered legal or no?
In my own view,i think These types of attacks should be
treated as legal as they are a form of protesting against justices just like ‘occupy’protest.
Picture this,a business company is acting unfairly to its customers,legal means have been used to deal with the issue but the business company is not able to stoop low to the suggestions being
made.What do you do?A ddos attack is launched and after that the business will have
changed its way of operating.Feels like blackmail?From the  company's perspective.There have been massive ddos attacks in the recent past.Remember the
wordpress ddos attack?
Another massive campaign that relied on DDOS attacks
was the one launched against several US government and anti-piracy outfits after the shutdown of Mega upload in January 2012.While this was one of the biggest DDOS
attack operations launched by hacktivists,no one
said “OK, let’s restore Megaupload
because people are unhappy.”
.However,whats peculiar is the aftermath of ddos attacks?There  is always no change.Its time ddos be taken seriously and be recognised if its done on a right purpose not a selfish purpose      

  



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