2. Denial of Service Attack
Some Internet criminals threaten to or actually flood an Internet site with millions of bogus messages or orders so that their services will be unable to perform as promised. Unless the site operator pays extortion, the attackers threaten to keep up the interference until real consumers become frustrated and abandon the site. Online gambling casinos—a $7 billion a year industry—have proven particularly vulnerable to attack. Hundreds of attacks have been launched against online casinos located in Costa Rica, the Caribbean, and Great Britain.
