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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by forward1 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @10:57AM (#37832931)
If they're unsophisticated, it's for clout and "street cred" in hacking communities, no different than tagging a freeway overpass with graffiti.

If they're advanced, they are doing it to test capabilities and responses. The Taliban used to pay kids to light off firecrackers outside base to check defensive TTPs. It also had the effect of desensitizing the sound of gunfire.

Really good adversaries know how to accomplish the latter while appearing as the former.

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Re:Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking... by averageRoyalty on Sunday October 15, 2023 @05:40PM (#37893639)
Or... It's for fun. Are the 90s/00s that long ago? Not everything is about money and terrorism.

Bring back CotDC, MoD, even lulzsec. I miss the days of the internet being the open seas and everyone having their own fun on it, user beware.

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