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This article is about hackers who hit the online video game community with denial-of-service attacks in December, 2005.
It seemed that the online virtual world "Second Life" was no place hackers and other digital vandals should take lightly when considering who to hit with denial-of-service attacks.
That became much clear in December, 2005. According to the blog Second Life Herald, when Philip Rosedale, CEO of "Second Life" ,publisher Linden Lab, announced during a virtual holiday party in the open-ended digital world that he had turned the perpetrators of a series of grid crashes over to the FBI.
Apparently, "Second Life" had been struck multiple times by attacks that week and prior to it and hence, Rosedale told the multitudes gathered at the digital party that he wouldn't be having any of it.
"This seems about (as) good a time as any to tell you that I am turning over names to the FBI", the Second Life Herald, a third-party publication, quoted Rosedale as saying.
Rosedale could not be reached for comment for that story.
In any case, it's unclear how many times online game services had been hit by denial-of-service attacks, but one thing that seemed sure was that users of "Second Life" probably didn't expect Rosedale's response.
And to judge by initial reaction in the comments section of the Second Life Herald, users were more pleased than perturbed by Rosedale's willingness to hand the culprits over to the feds.
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