Since yesterday, 3/22/2005, my site has been under a DOS attack. Today I received several "ransom" notes, extortion, from the user identifying himself as "madman2". He also left a post in the forums for all to see. Here is his demand with a time line in it and since I did not comply, and I won't, he continues his childness:

Sender's Name: madman
Sender's Email: shoeb964@hotmail.com
Message: hi if you want me to stop the dos attack then you must deal with me contact me ASAP i can stop attacking ur site if you give me one exclusive phpnuke theme contact me asap ;) mail me shoeb964@hotmail.com

if u dont contact me in the next 20 min i will start attacking your site

He also left one other email with this email addy: sabzal Baloch: sabzal@gmail.com

Note: 

I have not taken this lightly. Complaint number I05032317246089 has been filed with the FBI an will be pursued vigorously. If you have information that would be pertinent to this case, please contact me.

Well, it's not really a security issue per se, but it can wreck havoc in your reviews section. Check your comments section of your reviews. You are likely to see a bunch of garbage similar to " bronzebronze agebronze starthe bronzebronze sculpturebronze castingbronze statuesbronze statuethe bronze agebronze bowphosphor bronzebronze sculpturesbronze medalbronze medallionbronze horsemanthe bronze bowcast bronzechinese bronzemonitor audio bronzebronze betabronze plaquesg3 bronzealuminum bronzeoil rubbed bronzebronze" (and it goes on and on). Each of these words are a hyperlink. Probably advertizing because there are other comments too, like for credit card stuff. Basically, imo, you have a couple of choices. See I've been bronzed for more information.

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Mesum writes:  

Hey guys, I hope I am not breaking any rules to post in this section of site.
My sister needs some help to finish a survey, her teacher asked her to survey about 500 students in USA online and she is having hard time finiding people do that, she has time until this weekend and if any of you are a college student or know someone, please help us reach this goal.

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If you post somewhere else, please do post there too. I and my sister will be very thankful.