azsteve ( )

Date: March 02, 2019 04:58PM Posted by:Date: March 02, 2019 04:58PM

Every time someone connects through the internet, the connection is made possible through either a static IP address, or through a temporarily assigned IP address that is periodically re-assigned. So as a routine procedure, your ISP always has a record of who had which IP address at any given moment. That's how they manage the traffic through their routers. When you see the IP address of the person who is attacking your web-site, that is who to go after first. Most people assume that this is all mysterious internet stuff. But in most cases, it's more like the attacker leaves their name and home address behind every time, and is too ignorant to even know that their signature is everywhere they've been. Some of them may think that they are pretty sneaky, and have methods they think are effective at masking their identity. No matter who we are though (that includes all of us), there is always someone smarter out there. These attackers will eventually be caught somewhere if they keep it up. And once they have been caught, it will be quite easy for law enforcement to document everyone they've attacked, and to assess the value of the damages they've caused. The collective amount is probably much more than they might imagine, and criminal courts can order them to pay restitution in addition to jail time. I can't imagine that attacking other people's servers would be a fun hobby for very long considering that sitting in jail and paying restitution when you get out of prison isn't much fun.







Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/02/2019 05:14PM by azsteve.