Comment by cookiengineer
10 months ago
You forget to mention that the DDoS traffic causing these issues are also behind cloudflare, but they don't give a damn about them, for obvious business reasons.
Cloudflare controls supply and demand, which, by definition of the law, should be classified as extortion.
> should be classified as extortion.
It meets the definition of a RICO "enterprise". The question is, will anyone bring it up for judicial review?
>It meets the definition of a RICO "enterprise".
1. It's probably not RICO[1]
2. Are businesses under any obligation to take down shady businesses (eg. DDoS services that are ostensibly stress testing services) absent a court order?
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20180305062824/https://www.popeh..., specifically sections "Wait. Isn't the defendant the enterprise?" and "So what's "racketeering activity"?"
Look up "www.crimeflare.org/cfs.html" in the web archive on http port 82.
This guy ran a DNS for years to prove it until he disappeared. Lots of nazi websites, ddoxing sites, crime networks, conspiracy sites, ransomware groups and russian misinformation campaigns that he uncovered.
Honestly I don't see another way to gather the data necessary for this otherwise. You have to have the DNS data to be able to imply intent.
How crimeflare worked: https://www.marketingscoop.com/tech/piercing-the-cloudflare-...