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Realtime Worlds' liquidation auction was blitzed off the web on Friday, following an attack on the website of auctioneers Sweeney Kincaid. The online auction of kit from the failed games developer was first postponed by four hours, but after more denial of service attacks, it was eventually moved offline. The auctioneers, …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Maybe...

    The price it takes to launch a DDOS is less than the savings that can be made by reducing access to the auction.

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  2. TeeCee Gold badge
    FAIL

    "disgruntled creditors"?

    Bloody stupid ones then. Deliberately hamstringing the asset auction, thus ensuring that the best price will not be achieved and the number-of-pence-in-the-pound any creditors may eventually get will be lower?

    Hint: If you're looking for a culprit, start with a list of those who stand to gain something from this DDOS attack rather than those most likely to be screwed over as a result.

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    1. Steven Knox
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      That makes perfect sense...

      assuming the parties involved are rational. Millenia of history have yet to provide evidence of rational life on this planet, however.

      Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

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  3. kain preacher

    re:disgruntled creditors

    It could of been done by a creditor so low on the list, that they will not get paid .

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  4. Tharglet

    Maybe...

    ... it was organised by the people who were playing APB... those would be the first in my investigation ¬¬

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  5. Ben Cooper

    Or indeed...

    ...perhaps ex-employees who would have means, motive and opportunity.

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  6. Eddie Edwards
    WTF?

    You seriously looked this up?

    "the largest employer of its type in Scotland"

    Seriously? These chancers are bigger than Rock Star North, creators of GTA IV, also based in Scotland?

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