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I can't find anything blatant in the news that would explain something like this, especially of this magnitude. I think it might be a botnet or something simil
by libeclipse 10y ago
I can't find anything blatant in the news that would explain something like this, especially of this magnitude.
I think it might be a botnet or something similar, although that's just conjecture at this point.
- allemagne 10y agoIt roughly coincides with news about WhatsApp and the U.S. inauguration. Both seem vaguely relevant but not very compelling or explanatory. Why would a botnet be so centralized in the UAE? Seems like the opposite of what you'd want if you could help it, so maybe they can't help it? Some kind of state-sponsored test/attack against the Tor network seems like the best explanation to me.
- libeclipse 10y agoWell, a botnet that targeted users in the UAE would have a lot of tor network "users" showing from the UAE. Seems plausible to me.