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Old 12-08-2010, 11:00 PM  
Ron Bennett
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DDOSing visa.com / mastercard.com websites will likely have little effect, because most all credit card / debit transactions are performed through 3rd party gateways, proprietary networks, etc.

To have any real adverse effect on the likes of VISA / MasterCard would take a concerted attack on the various merchant bank gateways and internal networks... would likely require hacking routers and physical access to infrastructure - that's a far higher bar than ddosing.

Bottom line is that the ddos attacks likely make many feel as if they're "fighting the man", but the reality is such ddos attacks alone will likely to have little to no real impact.

Ron
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