[attrition] Not your typical DoS attack

[security curmudgeon]

This was too funny and creative not to share.  - jericho

There is now a video of the event as it happened in Second Life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RedLyae4b2s

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http://www.robertlemos.com/2006/12/20/not-your-typical-dos-attack/

Not your typical DoS attack
Robert Lemos
December 20th, 2006

So, your companys been hit with a denial-of-service (DoS) attack involving 
a straight-up packet flood. Or, perhaps youve been hit by a distributed 
DoS launched from 10,000 bots controlled by an angry spammer. Or, if you 
are really (un)lucky, perhaps you got hit with a distributed reflective 
DoS attack and now need the services of some buzzword-compliant security 
vendor.

But how many of you have suffered through a denial-of-service attack 
consisting of, ahem, flying male members? (More after the break, and you 
know there is no way to make up something like that.)

Apparently thats what happened in the virtual CNET bureau in Second Life. 
During an interview with the self-proclaimed virtual-real-estate (virtual 
estate?) millionaire Ailin Graef, the CNET in-world headquarters came 
under attack by well, Ill let CNET News.coms entertainment reporter, 
Daniel Terdiman, say it.

Unfortunately, as the interview was commencing, the event was attacked by 
a griefer, someone intent on disrupting the proceedings, Terdiman writes 
in the Q & A posted on News.com. The griefer managed to assault the CNET 
theater for 15 minutes withwell, theres no way to say this 
delicatelyanimated flying penises.

After the attack subsidedabout 15 minutes laterGraef asked the proceedings 
to be moved to her own virtual offices, according to the CNET interview. 
The griefer managed to attack there as well and actually take down the 
Second Life server hosting that part of the worlds grid, the article 
claimed.

Attacks on Second Life are not uncommon. And the world, which appears to 
also have a large population of role-playing adults dressed in 
sado-masochistic wear, may not even blink at the pornographic aspects of 
this attack. Still, its not something that you seeor would want to 
seeevery day. Even on the Internet.