How about letting the punishment fit the crime?

[Sir Brian]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/03/30/technology/how-the-cyberattack-on-spamhaus-unfolded.html
Posting the link to this story more as a backdrop for my opinion but also in because the effects of these attacks didn’t have serious impact with internet service on our side of the pond AFAIK. 

As for these attackers and others of their ilk that engage in these types of crimes, I would really like to see some draconian or medieval style of punishments meted out for perpetuating the most heinous of crimes: inconvenience. – Hell society as a whole has slaughtered millions in the name of convenience it is only fair that causing inconvenience to the masses should garner the same consequence. 

[Sir James A]

I'm a lot more concerned with the chinese hackers, but all of this kind of stuff with DDOS attacks and trying to shut down services is something that really needs to have some kind of international law that can be followed up on. If it were possible to restrict or remove those people's internet access, it would be a start.

[Sir William]

How much do you want to bet these Chinese hackers are either state-sanctioned, or aren't Chinese at all; a snipe hunt while the real enemy hacks away at our infrastructure looking for a vulnerability?

I just heard some speculation on the news that NK and Iran might have been working together the entire time on two fronts to avoid overdue scrutiny?  There's too much going on that seems to point towards the end of times...

[Joshua Santana]

Sir Brian I am in agreement with you on bring up the severity of punishments for these types of crimes.  Draconian or perhaps Vlad style executions would be nice.  Can give the nations that hate us a good reason to back off.