On: Basecamp was under network attack

[wehadfun]

What law enforcement do you call in these situations. I imagine it would be a waste to call local police.

I don't know how you would get feds to pay attention?

[citruspi → wehadfun]

I believe that the Federal Bureau of Intelligence investigates and prosecutes cyber crimes[0].

[0]: http://www.fbi.gov/sanfrancisco/press-releases/2011/charges-...

[philtar → citruspi]

Investigation, not intelligence. CIA does intelligence.

Or you could've just typed FBI, like a normal person.

[codazoda → wehadfun]

Assuming the ransom request wasn't fake. It's pretty likely that the attack came from outside the US. Law enforcement will probably not be able to help at all.

[Xylakant → codazoda]

Why not? The US. Law enforcement obviously doesn't have jurisdiction, but as long as a DOS is illegal in the country that the attacker sits in, the US Law enforcement should investigate and hand off to a partner agency in that country, acting as liaison and serving a request for extradition.

It's a different matter if the attacker is based in a country where DOS are legal or that doesn't have any extradition treaty with the US, but that still needs to be established.

[revscat → codazoda]

Kim Dotcom would like a word.