Anti-Scammers Become Storm Botnet Victims

It looks like the efforts of the anti-scammers at sites like 419eater, Scamwarners, Artists Against 419 and possibly others have become the target of the Storm botnet. Spamnation has a post about it, and as of this writing none of the above listed sites are responding. Spamnation reports that CastleCops and other anti-spam forums are being DDoSed as well. Sounds like a massive, concerted effort against the folks who are fighting the good fight. If the scammers have gone to these lengths, perhaps the efforts of the anti-scam groups are working — via Slashdot