Title: Re: Large denial of service attack has sites shut down
Post by: ghi on October 21, 2016, 07:25:32 PM
I'm skeptic about hackers version;, guess who's got the most to win from an internet black out over next 2 weeks? ! ;, and they took over the internet on oct. 1st , anything can happen. I've been watching this today and withdrawn some cash this evening, who knows could expand into banking networks.
There is nothing majorly sophisticated about a DoS or DDoS attack. A 10 year old with little IT knowledge at all can launch one. All you need is a few $$$.
They don't really achieve much, unless your network security is from the 1990s, and if you're on a decent ISP they will have DDoS mitigation systems in place.
Title: Re: Large denial of service attack has sites shut down
Post by: Shuffler on October 22, 2016, 04:41:37 AM
There is nothing majorly sophisticated about a DoS or DDoS attack. A 10 year old with little IT knowledge at all can launch one. All you need is a few $$$.
They don't really achieve much, unless your network security is from the 1990s, and if you're on a decent ISP they will have DDoS mitigation systems in place.
That is true. The only difference this time is they are not targeting a site but instead dns servers. This in turn affects a lot of sites.
Title: Re: Large denial of service attack has sites shut down
Post by: redcatcherb412 on October 22, 2016, 12:23:55 PM
Nothing more than the first test of the infamous 'internet kill switch' touted by the administration years back as on the preezys to-do want list. It just took getting the DNS supervision moved to other countries so the smart guys in the US don't get wind of it. So far it seems to work albeit spotty, but I bet they'll keep working on it. The globalists are rubbing their hands in anticipation. :noid
Title: Re: Large denial of service attack has sites shut down
Post by: Bizman on October 22, 2016, 01:07:22 PM
This might be a dumb question, but: Who would benefit from killing the Internet? I can understand a short term hostage situation where the attackers would ask for a fee to free a site, but even then how would they send their ransom request? By snail mail?
I can imagine a situation where the editors would tell a "news flash" like this:"We just got news that yesterday a ransom letter dated a week ago had arrived..." Just like a hundred years ago.
Title: Re: Large denial of service attack has sites shut down
Post by: Lusche on October 22, 2016, 01:17:54 PM
I can imagine a situation where the editors would tell a "news flash" like this:"We just got news that yesterday a ransom letter dated a week ago had arrived...
...demanding ONE MILLION DOLLAR... " (https://files.shroomery.org/smileys/drevil.gif)
Title: Re: Large denial of service attack has sites shut down
Post by: Bizman on October 22, 2016, 01:31:44 PM
Verizon has been down most of the last three days for me. According to Verizon almost 1/3 of US is down for their customers
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I was with Sprint, and last 2 years Verizon , crooks big time, bloodsuckers they'll rip you off, never had phone bill below 300$/month; I got 1300$ roaming bill, i forgot to turn off data for few hours after entering in Canada; I switched to T-mobile last year, huge difference, unlimited voice, text and data Canada-USA-Mexico and most of Europe, actually covers 140 countries ! 2 phone /#, for about 136$/month.
Title: Re: Large denial of service attack has sites shut down
Post by: Becinhu on November 02, 2016, 06:28:16 PM
I'm just talking about dsl. My cell is through my job. But Verizon's site said over 30% of customers without internet and over 45% no cell service.
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Title: Re: Large denial of service attack has sites shut down
Post by: Meatwad on November 02, 2016, 06:47:05 PM
My verizon work cell phone unfortunately worked flawless all day
Title: Re: Large denial of service attack has sites shut down
Post by: Becinhu on November 02, 2016, 10:09:35 PM