You can attack someone by giving them money. This is what has happened to CastleCops, a group of volunteer spam fighters who organized crime has been harassing for quite some time. This time the attack involves stealing PayPal accounts and then donating money to CastleCops to make it look like CastleCops is stealing the money. The victims include CastleCops, PayPal, and the people whose PayPal credentials were stolen.

CastleCops is an outstanding organization worthy of support. It will be the ultimate irony if this attack brings more positive recognition to CastleCops and results in a higher legitimate donation rate than before the attack.

Randy Abrams is the Director of Technical Education for ESET LLC