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Motivation? The "quoted a number we cannot reasonably achieve within our financial means" is all the motivation "someone" needs. So yeah "shakedown" or "prote
by Am4TIfIsER0ppos 3y ago
Motivation? The "quoted a number we cannot reasonably achieve within our financial means" is all the motivation "someone" needs. So yeah "shakedown" or "protection racket".
- arrowsmith 3y agoAre you suggesting that CloudFlare is behind the same ddos attack that they're selling protection against? Because that's an absurd accusation.
- mwcampbell 3y agoWhy is it absurd? Any such provider has something to gain by scaring us into believing we need their protection.
- fmajid 3y agoNot the parent, but obviously if the cost of CloudFlare protection is $XXX million, a protection racket can say: pay us 10% of $XXX M to make this problem go away. It's routinely deployed against highly profitable online businesses like gambling, but I doubt even at a 90% discount (and assuming SourceHut were willing to pay off criminals, which I doubt), they are not likely to be a profitable target for extortion and some other motive must be at play.
- n1c00o 3y agoNo, its more for the "fun" of making firms lose money, kinda LulzSec [0]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LulzSec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LulzSec