Lets be careful out there, people!

From a US DoJ announcement via f_secure:

"Six men were charged in the Central District of California in the largest and first-ever case involving sophisticated denial of service attacks for commercial advantage. Jay R. Echouafni, Chief Executive Officer of Orbit Communication Corporation in Massachusetts, was indicted by a federal grand jury this week on multiple charges of conspiracy and causing damage to protected computers. The indictment and a related complaint filed allege that Echouafni and a business partner hired computer hackers in Arizona, Louisiana, Ohio, and the United Kingdom to launch relentless computer attacks against Orbit Communication's online competitors. These sustained attacks allegedly began in October 2003 and caused the victims to lose over $2 million in revenue and costs associated with responding to the attacks. In addition, it is alleged that the attacks temporarily disrupted other commercial and government sites hosted by the victims' internet service providers. The case involved close cooperation among several United States Attorneys' Offices around the country, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, and law enforcement agencies in the United States and United Kingdom."