and lets face it anyone with any skills at all will not be sending any sorts of commands from their original IP address so its not so easy to find someone even if they are stupid enough to send the commands from their home computer directly.

uh, even if someone is hiding behind a proxy it's possible to find their actual IP if you are accessing the same point as they are. find their proxy IP and you can find their original IP. I know it isn't a constant connection, but if you are actively monitoring anything accessing said computer, then yes, you will eventually find it.

I also like how you guys are professing to have so much knowledge about this when you probably wikipedia'd it.

best post ever regarding this situation! im serious ><

Odds of kicking off the attack from their own IP: zero
Odds of kicking off the attack from the local Starbucks: win + coffee

I'll have a Cafe latte.
Twist of lemon.
Sweet 'N Low.

:D

Odds of finding their location if you find their own IP: 100%

Fixed that for you.

Having their IP will, at best, locate their ISP.

How are you finding their IP if they're on a local WiFi connection that they don't own?

[edit: Add to that the fact that you can control a swarm of zombies via twitter commands that appear to be plain text. How do you track that one?]

You stole my thread name, and I am offend.