After being named in Wednesday's multiple-count Enterprise Corruption indictment filed in a New York state supreme court, Prolexic Technologies today issued a prepared statement alleging that it was wrongly accused of being the Web host provider to an illegal Internet sports book.
The company stated that it provides a service that, among other things, ". . . masks a client's IP (Internet protocol) address to mitigate DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks."
A DDoS attack is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its Intended users.
"When a traceroute is performed," the company continued, "it appears that Prolexic is the host server, when in fact that is not the case."
A traceroute is a computer network tool used to determine the route taken by information across an IP network.
"Our job is to prevent DDoS attacks, which are one of the most costly cybercrimes on the Internet," said Keith Laslop, president of Prolexic Technologies. "Prolexic in the past has worked closely with U.S. and U.K. law enforcement agencies in regard to tracking DDoS attackers, and was instrumental in the arrest of a high-profile Russian mafia figure that used DDoS to take Web sites hostage until paid a ransom. We have a history of cooperating with law enforcement authorities, and our name will be cleared of any wrong doing. Meanwhile, we are continuing to operate as the leader in DDoS defense services."
Law enforcement officials throughout the United States organized a four-state crackdown on businesses linked with the Playwithal Sportsbook operation--culminating with Monday's busts--and Prolexic was the first of three companies named in the indictment to issue a statement.
Web design providers Primary Digital Solutions (Fla.) and Primary Development (N.Y.) have yet to issue statements.
Chris Krafcik is the editor of IGamingNews. He lives in St. Louis, Mo.