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September 20, 2007 CastleCops Endures A New Kind Of Attack A Web Exclusive from Windows IT Pro Mark Joseph Edwards Security Matters InstantDoc #97114 Windows IT Pro	Email this Article Printer Friendly Reader Comments Digg This Del.icio.us RSS
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Previously I wrote about how CastleCops and other security sites fell under DDoS attack. When the attacks were thwarted the perpetrators turned to more a insidious type of attack - they began making fraudulent donations to CastleCops, which could tarnish their public image.

You can read more about the sociopathic attackers over at CastleCops' Web site.

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