When the bots read the command in an internet chat room they were monitoring, they began firing a blizzard of page requests at the servers hosting the company sites.Result: the servers effectively got tongue-tied trying to service the requests, and had to go offline until the attack ceased.
And gambling sites that need a continuous web presence to make money are a favourite target for botnet-based blackmail.
The method of configuration that elsinor should federate with rabbithole is considered out of scope for this document - it is suggested that it be including in the standard MUC room configuration form.
This room is configured as an FMUC node, federating with the [email protected], which current has one occupant - [email protected]
The fun of wish fulfillment wore off and the lag of the cheesy graphics kicked in.
Businesses learned that there wasn’t much money to be made in the simulation.