How a quiet Kansas home wound up with 600 million IP addresses and a world of trouble

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How a quiet Kansas home wound up with 600 million IP addresses and a world of trouble

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Jeez, you'd think that they would have considered the ramifications.
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And they only want 75,000! Sounds like a deal for a screw up of this size.
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I'm surprised the suit wasn't for much more.
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