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While technically correct, I wish everyone would stop calling DDoS attacks "cyberattack". When I saw the headline I envisioned a supply-chain attack and was hal
by tgsovlerkhgsel 3y ago
While technically correct, I wish everyone would stop calling DDoS attacks "cyberattack". When I saw the headline I envisioned a supply-chain attack and was half-expecting that I'd need to reinstall my machine and rotate all credentials.
In 99% of cases, a DDoS is much less concerning than most other kinds of attacks.
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- vanderZwan 3y agoSo what is it then, if not a cyberattack?
- xandfor 3y agoCall it DDoS and not unspecific clickbaity
- tgsovlerkhgsel 3y agoExactly, this is what I'd like to see.
- potatopatch 3y agoIt is a script kiddie surplus, where the unit of measure is the asshat.
- rspoerri 3y agoIf you are prevented from working is it not a attack on you? Do you have to be robbed of your keys or your car as well?
- tgsovlerkhgsel 3y agoIt's technically correct, as I acknowledge. But would a headline saying "terrorists strike railway station" make you think of a bloodbath with dozens dead, or some ecoanarchists setting a trash can on fire and forcing an evacuation? Especially since the Blender website being down has very limited effects on users who already have the software, or are getting it from their operating system's distribution channel.
- thewildginger 3y agoAvailability. The third portion of the cyber security triad. Confidentiality, integrity, availability. If you cannot get to your stuff, or you stuff is harder to get to, then there has been a form of compromise in your service. Is it sexy like wannacry or technically advanced? No. But like most things IT, most of the time it is not.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 3y agoAs stated, technically correct. But availability of a relatively non-critical service being compromised is an entirely different story than integrity of their software being compromised. One is a no-op, the other is a potential all-hands-on-deck situation for anyone using the software. The headline allows for both possibilities. See the example I posted in a sibling post: A headline of "terrorists strike railway station" would make most people imagine a bloodbath with dozens dead, while still being accurate if all that happened was that some ecoanarchists set a trash can on fire and forced an evacuation.