R:991011/2120Z @:NL3DAV.ZH.NLD.EU #:24172 [Leiderdorp] FBB7.00g23 R:991011/0521Z @:NL3ONB.ZH.NLD.EU #:7443 [ZH Main FWD Den Haag] $:11224_NL3GOU R:991010/1034Z @:NL3GOU.ZH.NLD.EU #:11224 [Gouda] FBB7.00g23 $:11224_NL3GOU From: NL4GOU@NL3GOU.ZH.NLD.EU To : HACK@NLD Naar aanleiding van een mailtje van NL1RRS over een nieuw speeltje op internet. Smurfen. Een ip-nr zichzelf laten pingen tot-ie crashed (ofzoow). Ehm, deze "util" is trouwens al meer dan een jaar oud :) Lees hier de gevolgen, als je een ISP probeert plat te leggen ;-) Canadian Teen Charged In 'Smurf' Attacks (02/02/99, 4:44 p.m. ET) By Andy Patrizio, TechWeb A Canadian teenager who quit school to spend all day cruising the Internet has become one of the first people busted for unleashing a "ping flood" attack that brought down an ISP. The arrest last week was the result of a cross-border teaming of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the FBI, and administrators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The investigation started after Internet users on Sympatico, an ISP in Nova Scotia, experienced a series of Internet slowdowns two weeks ago. Each slowdown lasted for up to a week. Administrators realized they were under a "Smurf" attack. Smurf attacks are when a malicious Internet user fools hundreds or thousands of systems into sending traffic to one location, flooding the location with pings. The attack was eventually traced to the teen's home. When the teenager -- whose name was not released because of Canadian law -- was arrested last week by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, they found him on his computer at his home outside of Montreal. The teen told the Montreal Gazette he dropped out of high school a few months ago and spends most of his time hacking into computers on the Internet. Among the systems he said he has broken into is a U.S. Army computer network. Sgt. Jacques Desilets, who is heading the investigation for the Canadian police, said the teen was able to enter some sites but didn't get into everything he targeted. The teen targeted the Sympatico service after it caught him in some of his hacking activities and tried to shut him down. He retaliated with the Smurf flood, which took the whole system down for one day at one point. When the Gazette warned his comments could incriminate him, the teen, facing 10 years in prison, did not express remorse for his actions. "I don't care. I've told [the Royal Canadian Mounted Police] already. I'll be a hacker forever." He also issued the threat that if he does go to jail, his cracker buddies would "disable Montreal in one second." Desilets said he's not sure how seriously to take the threat, but added that he is surprised at the teen's defiance. The computer of the accused teenager has been seized. "I don't think he realizes what he's done or has any inkling of the ramifications of what he's done, and I don't think his parents do either," he said. Under Canadian law, the parents will face the charges as well. The cooperation between American and Canadian officials was important in making the bust, said Desilets. America and Canada have traditionally worked together to apprehend criminals in the past, but they are getting much more organized when dealing with computer crime, he said. "Because of the type of crime that hacking represents, various law-enforcement agencies have developed a close and good relationship and cooperation, and it's something we had to bring to this type of investigation," Desilets said. It will still be a few months before charges can be brought as Canadian, American, and Norwegian officials work to uncover all of the teen's tracks. Dusse...smurf voorzichtig..