Not only can malicious hackers force an ISP out of business, it appears they can get away with it as well. The hackers that brought down UK Internet Service Provider (ISP) Cloud Nine look almost certain to avoid prosecution.. . .
Not only can malicious hackers force an ISP out of business, it appears they can get away with it as well. The hackers that brought down UK Internet Service Provider (ISP) Cloud Nine look almost certain to avoid prosecution.

Cloud Nine's chief executive, Emeric Miszti, has told ZDNet UK News that whoever carried out January's attacks managed to cover their tracks by deleting data that could have been used to trace them. This, according to Miszti, makes it very unlikely that those responsible will be found.

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