Comment Mob Mentality (Score 1) 562
Since IANAL, I'm just wondering if the various defenses that go along with "mob mentality" could be applied to a DDOS. The concept being that "getting caught up" with the drive and goals of a group has a sort of "group will" that supersedes your own, or something like that. As such, you aren't "fully accountable" for your actions at that time. It probably varies by jurisdiction, but I'm pretty sure there's precedent, and I would think it would be a lot easier to explain in court than "you can't prove that was my IP" or "my computer was hijacked".