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> we probably can assume that this app is trying to attack some government sites of Turkmenistan. It is hard for me to imagine why would anybody do that I find
by throwaway8_56 3y ago
> we probably can assume that this app is trying to attack some government sites of Turkmenistan. It is hard for me to imagine why would anybody do that
I find this very odd that they would target those websites. What would be the gain of taking down those websites _for anyone_. I doubt that the reason is political.
P.S. Turkmenistan is probably the worst country when it comes to free internet. Almost all IP addresses are blocked, with very few websites (mostly google-owned) being reachable. The entire population is desperate for VPN (preferrably free). They are not educated about malwares, or anything about security, so they will download anything that promises free internet.
- dclowd9901 3y agoCouldn’t it just be old fashioned blackmail? Attack the site and request money to turn off the botnet? It might be a bad assumption on my part but it occurs to me that maybe Turkey doesn’t have a lot of pull to investigate cyberattacks across country lines so businesses in that country might be good targets to not get blowback?
- throwaway8_56 3y agoTurkmenistan certainly has no capacity for investigating a cyber attack for sure. But they are have no problem with those websites being down. Internet usage in the country is very low, and those websites are down the most of the time anyway.
- LtdJorge 3y agoTurkmenistan*
- RobotToaster 3y agoTurkmenistan is part of China's BRI, so it could be any state that wants to see that fail?