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Can anyone shed some light on why someone would go out of their way to conduct an attack like this? Is DoSing production web applications just a hobby for black
by rlue 8y ago
Can anyone shed some light on why someone would go out of their way to conduct an attack like this? Is DoSing production web applications just a hobby for black hat jackasses with nothing better to do?
- deadbunny 8y agoLumping DDoS in with hacking has always seemed disingenuous. skiddies DDoS things. Why? Who knows. Boredom? lulz? Perceived personal slight? "Justice"?
- monsieurbanana 8y agoI don't know much about "blackhats" but I know people, so the answer is yes.
- kuroguro 8y agoPretty sure it's jackasses with nothing better to do. Either for revenge or the lolz. Probably an impulsive decision since the attacker gave up so fast. There's not much you can achieve for your own gains with a DDoS. I've heard of rare cases of extortion or underhanded business practices to hurt competitors.
- derpherpsson 8y agoIt's fun. Or maybe you are angry. Or maybe you just want to test to break it down. Or maybe you just want the programmers to feel sad, maybe because they were boring
- saiya-jin 8y agoFun in a same way as trashing your neighbor's car just because you like to see sparks and glass shards flying all around. Rather an indication of a sad frustrated life
- heavenlyblue 8y ago>> to see sparks and glass shards flying all around Well, no. If you _only_ liked sparks and glass shards flying all around - you'd buy yourself a car and destroyed it yourself. Destroying the car of a neighbour implies something going between you and the neighbour.
- devmunchies 8y agoits a rush. its why some people with money still shoplift. I guess humans are closer to monkeys than we like to believe and still like throwing poop at each other.
- TheOperator 8y agoI've seen people with substantial IT skills who simply have destructive instincts. This one guy I know was hyperactive and made clearings in forested areas to hang out in with his spare time.
- tomglynch 8y agoI helped build a website for a cryptocurrency. We were DDoSed with the attacked contacting us via telegram to demand around $10,000 for him to stop. We told him to stop acting like a fucking child and implemented Cloudflare.
- bregma 8y agoIn general, about 10% of people are just drizzleshits. Plain and simple.
- dangerface 8y agoIt's usually kids doing it for the same reason they graffiti or vandalise other peoples stuff.
- Topgamer7 8y agoEveryone has mentioned the destructive nature of some people. However I would also point out that some use a DoS as a means to cover up trails in logs and distract the admin from another type of attack. If you're paying attention to the DoS, you might not notice any logs or alerts about someone downloading 6GB of data from your database.