“The two-month-long campaign of harassment and attacks, which Van Pelt suspects was carried out by a competing virtual private networking service, illustrates the lengths some people will go to goad their online adversaries. His experience provides a vivid account of what it’s like to be on the receiving end of a relentless stream of distributed denial-of-service attacks and ultimately what can be done to mitigate them. The attacks began in late August, shortly after TorGuard announced a promotional campaign that slashed normal fees by 50 percent for both new and existing customers.”
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