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> short but brutal DDoS > blog was deluged with thousands of comments > the target was the shared hard drive It would be nice to know what the actual attack
by ksenzee 11y ago
> short but brutal DDoS
> blog was deluged with thousands of comments
> the target was the shared hard drive
It would be nice to know what the actual attack here was. Was it really a DDOS? Did they take advantage of an out-of-date version of Wordpress to get access to the hosting account and cause some actual damage? Or did they just post a lot of spam?
- duskwuff 11y agoAnd how on earth did "thousands of comments" lead to "about €3,000 ($3400) in various fees", unless the author seriously overpaid a security consultant?