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> How many (hundreds or even thousands?) donations over how many hours > The raid is ongoing and unconfirmed sources talk about 11k donations. I mean, the sit

by lawl 9y ago

> How many (hundreds or even thousands?) donations over how many hours > The raid is ongoing and unconfirmed sources talk about 11k donations. I mean, the site is back up now and the raid still ongoing, but I can very well imagine the (shared?) server of a charity collapsing when suddenly even a few hundred or thousand people start clicking around on the website simultaneously. But I guess you have to call the charity and ask them if you want exact numbers?

kurthr 9y ago
Woah... so most of the people who donated were (from your post) clicking around on the site at the same time? That sounds like a slashdotting-DDOS. Was "the raid" coordinated, because (according to you) it sounds like it? I'd have to know that the charity was real, that all of those clicks were real, the donations were real, and that they weren't coordinated in loading particularly heavy pages with the intent to bring it down. Cui bono from the publicity? A side question: Who is Dr. Matthias Moench (now I really want to know) and what murder was he convicted of? that seems almost as relevant.
- lawl 9y ago
  Sorry, but I think this is the wrong website for baseless conspiracy theories.
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  - kurthr 9y ago
    Not baseless. That none of the many savy hackers people who want publicity for their protest tried to find out how many donation pages they could have open simultaneously sounds like it would take a conspiracy. The 'raid' and its coordinated nature is almost by definition conspiracy. The description of Dr. Moench and his conviction for murder is on the exact Krebs post being protested.
    - Fnoord 9y ago
      Just a FYI regarding "Dr. Moench" or "Dr. Matthias Moench". Anyone can call themselves Dr. in Germany. Ie. it is a meaningless title in Germany. As for his background story and the crimes he committed see [1]. [1] https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article135077209/Viagra-ist-fuer-Gangster-heute-lukrativer-als-Kokai https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article135077209/Viagra-ist-f... (use something like Google Translate if you don't understand German)

by lawl 9y ago

kurthr 9y ago

Woah... so most of the people who donated were (from your post) clicking around on the site at the same time? That sounds like a slashdotting-DDOS. Was "the raid" coordinated, because (according to you) it sounds like it? I'd have to know that the charity was real, that all of those clicks were real, the donations were real, and that they weren't coordinated in loading particularly heavy pages with the intent to bring it down. Cui bono from the publicity? A side question: Who is Dr. Matthias Moench (now I really want to know) and what murder was he convicted of? that seems almost as relevant.

lawl 9y ago
Sorry, but I think this is the wrong website for baseless conspiracy theories.
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- kurthr 9y ago
  Not baseless. That none of the many savy hackers people who want publicity for their protest tried to find out how many donation pages they could have open simultaneously sounds like it would take a conspiracy. The 'raid' and its coordinated nature is almost by definition conspiracy. The description of Dr. Moench and his conviction for murder is on the exact Krebs post being protested.
  - Fnoord 9y ago
    Just a FYI regarding "Dr. Moench" or "Dr. Matthias Moench". Anyone can call themselves Dr. in Germany. Ie. it is a meaningless title in Germany. As for his background story and the crimes he committed see [1]. [1] https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article135077209/Viagra-ist-fuer-Gangster-heute-lukrativer-als-Kokai https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article135077209/Viagra-ist-f... (use something like Google Translate if you don't understand German)