The fact that the attacks supposedly are originating from Chicago (anyone have more details on exactly what's going on and what they're doing about it? I'm not seeing anything specific as I'm reading through this thread) only really indicate that one of the originating attacker's machines is located somewhere in the Midwest. Most traffic from this region is routed through Minneapolis to Chicago, and then elsewhere, as that is where the major telcom lines are.
Again, the attacks could be coming from Shanghai; they're just jumping through somewhere around Chicago (if, indeed, that's the case).
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