I had no idea they posed this much of a threat.....

the rest:


Depending on the size and scope of the operation, it can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars (or pounds) to launch and maintain a DDOS attack over an extended period of time. What’s being done to the BNP website does not come cheap, so only someone with a compelling interest in damaging the party would attempt it.

Obviously — given its intimate relationship with the pocketbooks of British taxpayers — the Labour party has the wherewithal to resort to these extreme measures.

But would it stoop to something as blatantly criminal as this?

One thing is certain: the Russian criminal networks are not doing this for fun.