I believe the article says they were being hosted for free.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Ridder" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 12:58:44 PM Subject: Krebs on Security booted off Akamai network after DDoS attack proves pricey Didn't realize Akamai kicked out or disabled customers http://www.zdnet.com/article/krebs-on-security-booted-off-akamai-network-after-ddos-attack-proves-pricey/ "Security blog Krebs on Security has been taken offline by host Akamai Technologies following a DDoS attack which reached 665 Gbps in size." -Grant
