That's similar to something that's been kicking around in the back of my head for a while...
"Agatha?" Aki looked up from her computer.
"What's wrong?"
"Somebody spammed the Helium Police Department again."
"You mean, somebody spammed you again."
"It's the same thing."
"Yeah, sure. Let me see." Agatha sat down and plugged a USB cable into the PC, plugging the other end into a connector behind her ear. "I see... and there's the zombie the spam came from... oh, that's sloppy... and there's its command server... which now belongs to me... and there's the server the command server was getting its orders from." With an evil grin, Agatha unplugged herself from the system.
"What did you do?"
"If I tell you, you might have to arrest me. But you won't be getting any spam from them for a while."
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Noah looked up from the morning paper. "Heh. That's the third suspected spam outfit that's had its server farm burn down this week. And it's because of a highly-overloaded power supply again. That can't be a coincidence..."
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
"Agatha?" Aki looked up from her computer.
"What's wrong?"
"Somebody spammed the Helium Police Department again."
"You mean, somebody spammed you again."
"It's the same thing."
"Yeah, sure. Let me see." Agatha sat down and plugged a USB cable into the PC, plugging the other end into a connector behind her ear. "I see... and there's the zombie the spam came from... oh, that's sloppy... and there's its command server... which now belongs to me... and there's the server the command server was getting its orders from." With an evil grin, Agatha unplugged herself from the system.
"What did you do?"
"If I tell you, you might have to arrest me. But you won't be getting any spam from them for a while."
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Noah looked up from the morning paper. "Heh. That's the third suspected spam outfit that's had its server farm burn down this week. And it's because of a highly-overloaded power supply again. That can't be a coincidence..."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012