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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by bollockitis on Saturday September 07, 2019 @11:15AM (#20904248)
Do these kinds of attacks usually have a motive?
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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by Iv on Saturday September 07, 2019 @11:39AM (#20904428)
I am pretty certain that when China used the Great Firewall to attack github, this was a test of their capabilities.
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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by eloff on Saturday September 07, 2019 @01:30PM (#20905225)
Source?
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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by yorwba on Saturday September 07, 2019 @03:28PM (#20905944)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cannon
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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by eloff on Saturday September 07, 2019 @03:33PM (#20905971)
What a world we live in... Government sponsored DDoS.
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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by ngcc_hk on Saturday September 07, 2019 @07:06PM (#20907268)
What a world live in if you are the 1.x million in som northern part of china. The 1.x billion if live inside Great Wall. The 7m if you are in Hong Kong or 2x million if you are in Taiwan.

You live in a world where a totalitarian communist state is welcomed and controlled a significant portion of the world economy. Even speak in internet summit.

Welcome to the brave new internet and international world of china.

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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by ethelward on Saturday September 07, 2019 @11:24AM (#20904327)
They can be used by blackhats selling e.g. DDoD-netbots to prove the “quality of the merchandise”.
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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by aldoushuxley001 on Saturday September 07, 2019 @11:38AM (#20904422)
I definitely get the feeling that’s what they’re going for. They mentioned they’re just testing out a new botnet made from IoT devices.
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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by mirimir on Saturday September 07, 2019 @08:40PM (#20907738)
Ah, Mirai Mark N. So what, light bulbs? Cameras?
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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by mpfundstein on Saturday September 07, 2019 @01:01PM (#20905014)
Where did you read this? I am curious...
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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by aldoushuxley001 on Saturday September 07, 2019 @01:24PM (#20905187)
From the attacker's twitter account, just read through his/her twitter replies (though it sounds like it's actually a group of them).
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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by Havoc on Saturday September 07, 2019 @11:48AM (#20904505)
And so the IoT wars begin...
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