Followup to previous post on RIAA vigilante justice. This article provides more evidence that such orchestrated attacks, even if some consider them only nuisances, can be considered illegal.

Former Bush campaign official indicted
By Declan McCullagh
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

A former Republican Party bigwig in New England has been indicted on charges of orchestrating a low-tech version of a denial-of-service attack. ... A federal grand jury indictment released Wednesday charges Tobin with attempting to "disrupt communications" by clogging the Democrats' phones on Election Day through repeated hang-up calls.