This case begins with a fictitious situation until the total corporate executive who is uncertain how to respond to a distributed denial of service (DDoS-attack). It provides some anecdotes and statistics on DDoS attacks, and then briefly tells the story of Michael Calce, nicknamed "Mafiaboy", which began as a young teenager effective attacks that shut down companies such as Amazon, CNN, Dell, eBay and Yahoo! DDoS explain the basic process, and then students are invited to assess the punishment fit the crime Calce in a relatively low level of computer knowledge is required to run the devastating attacks, the potential risks to the conventional (non-IT-oriented) firms, and whether doing business online too risky. "Hide
by Derrick Neufeld Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 3 pages. Publication Date: December 13, 2010. Prod. #: 910E20-PDF-ENG
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