Mobile Ad Networks as DDoS Vectors: A Case Study

Re:Mobile Ad Networks as DDoS Vectors: A Case Study by bluedino on Monday September 28, 2015 @02:26PM (#10292057)

Why are they using a photo from a Korean running race/event?

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Re:Mobile Ad Networks as DDoS Vectors: A Case Study by kirun on Monday September 28, 2015 @02:53PM (#10292234)

This looks like the original story for the photo:

http://news.yahoo.com/beijing-marathoners-don-face-masks-bat...

So... it's not?

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Re:Mobile Ad Networks as DDoS Vectors: A Case Study by breakingcups on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @04:14AM (#10295126)

Note to future readers, the URL to the article was changed from BBC to Cloudflare itself. The photo in question is on the BBC article, not the current article.

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Re:Mobile Ad Networks as DDoS Vectors: A Case Study by codyb on Monday September 28, 2015 @02:48PM (#10292194)

I presume because it's an asian lady holding a phone and they didn't check much further than that (although the situation she is in would suggest an unwitting accomplice to a cyber attack in part perpetrated by said phone).

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