And yes, some of mine have had their physical safety threatened by griefers
and extortionists ("we'll swat you if you don't pay" constitutes a physical
threat) online. They reported it to local and national law-enforcement.
It's been ugly. But if no one reports these asshats, nothing _CAN_ be done.Feel free to report the IPs of anyone involved in your attacks. We can all ban them. On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 5:47 AM, James Rogers <wa...@preternatural.net> wrote: > If your loss is less than $50K, the FBI is unlikely to help you unless > your case can be included in another investigation. You should still Report > it. Or you'll never know. According to requirements put in place by our > current administration, if you call the FBI on the phone, someone will take > your report regardless of loss.So, if you call the FBI, they may not be > able to do anything for you, but they should take your statement and give > you a case number. This is a change from previous years. Let us all know if > this is not the case.This is my understanding of the laws and procedures as > they exist. They're still unlikely to do anything for you unless you can > demonstrate damages in excess of $50k. > > Report your attack to your local police department. Do not call 911 unless > you are currently under physical threat. Call your local police department > directly, they are who you pay taxes to. If possible, go to your local PD > in person and don't leave until you have a copy of the report you filed. > Bring print-outs of your pertinent logs. > > Bring all logs you can w/o compromising information that is private to > your users. > Your local PD will file the report and if they can help you they will. > > If you want to know how to get your federal and local law involved, that's > how. I won't speak to efficacy, or willingness to act, that's up to the > LEO's in question, the case at hand, and how low all tax payers set the > bar. But if you can bring any amount of information regarding crimes > against your company to any LEO, that's likely a good thing. > > At least then, it's on the books and statistics will be updated. If you > don't report it... you aren't even statistics. > > If you don't report your loss and the attacks, I guarantee you that > nothing will happen. > > --J >
