A while ago on #linux channel on IrcNet we banned someone from the channel,
for being dns spammer (having a non-rfc hostname, as described in
RFC1178):
(AnnihilaT [Gravity@screw.you.guys.im.going-home.nl]).
Within moments, the following happened: this guy called for "assistance",
and all channel ops were ddossed out. Read this log
for the stuff that happened. Torn and
annihilat were obviously the ones responsible,
so i checked annihilats host's domain registration, which brought me to
bevelander. I mailed to
abuse@bevelander.nl. A few minutes later, this annihilat pasted my
mail in the channel, so next problem: he's admin there. More research
showed that www.warlords.nl
pointed to the bevelander website.
Warlords is a group of irc "war" kiddies, who will stop at nothing
to "protect" or "take over" a channel. I've had contact with bevelander
and his "admin" ( joshua dodds, aka josh DDos ). Bevelander thinks there's
not a problem, so much for that, he probably plays the same games.
I also got a faked (by same j.ddos) mail from martijn bevelander, claiming a host
was compromised and abused for the ddos attack.
Pretty lame excuse, since the same bevelander said in an interview
"he can't be hacked".
We know this excuse is nonsense anyway, since no attacking host was identified,
all i had was a PERSON (annihilat). These days we all know
Bevelander is an ex-warez kiddo, and trying to get rich by domainsquatting
(reserving domainnames, hoping to sell them later) and using his fathers
connections, so it's pointless to try to hold him responsible for behaviour
of his employees, it's what he hires them for. Lots more not-so-positive articles
about this guy on several dutch (news)sites.
Official complaints so far have had no effect, but the least i can do is
try to warn others about these kids.
Several incidents followed, i'll put info online in due time.