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Is this the result of some kind of organized DDoS (Anonymous or some other hacktivist group), or merely a coincidence given their recent exposure re: aaronsw?

haldean 14y ago
It's back up now, so if it was a DDoS it was a pretty ineffectual one (time between post and this comment is 20 minutes).
- yskchu 14y ago
  Still down, from Asia (Taiwan) DNS resolution issue
- simontabor 14y ago
  W3.org still appears to be down https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5052503 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5052503
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- simonster 14y ago
  Still down for me. (I can't access the website, my MIT email, or my box sitting on campus.) http://3down.mit.edu/ http://3down.mit.edu/ works but reports nothing.
- mayneack 14y ago
  All .mit.edu domains I've tried appear down (stellar, my fraternity, etc)
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- hsinxh 14y ago
  its still down and so is w3.org
- stordoff 14y ago
  Still down here (accessing from the UK in case that matters).
- pazimzadeh 14y ago
  Still down.
- hack4supper 14y ago
  still down
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- bourne 14y ago
  Confirmed? https://twitter.com/AnonymousIRC/status/290625822983856128 https://twitter.com/AnonymousIRC/status/290625822983856128
  - kristofferR 14y ago
    Nope, all the tweets have come after the sites were already down. Typical Anonymous/Lulzsec DDoS operations doesn't work like that, they need thousands of participants before it'll have any effect. If it was a public DDoS like the operations that took down DoJ about a year ago you would expect to see thousands of tweets about it and a lot of IRC activity.
    - dmix 14y ago
      It's also known that Anonymous can either use their own botnets or purchase access to botnets by the hour to conduct DDoS. http://jesterscourt.mil.nf/2012/09/27/anonymousqassam-pay-per-minute-ddos/ http://jesterscourt.mil.nf/2012/09/27/anonymousqassam-pay-pe... > So what is Multiboot.me? Well it’s a Pay-Per-Minute DDoS system that has been used by Anons (and others) to down US and other sites since LOIC got rumbled and DHN got pwned. In addition, not all DDoS involve LOIC style attacks. It can use other types of exploits.
Posibyte 14y ago
According to this[1], it's just networking issues. [1]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5052903 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5052903

haldean 14y ago

It's back up now, so if it was a DDoS it was a pretty ineffectual one (time between post and this comment is 20 minutes).

yskchu 14y ago
Still down, from Asia (Taiwan) DNS resolution issue
simontabor 14y ago
W3.org still appears to be down https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5052503 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5052503
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simonster 14y ago
Still down for me. (I can't access the website, my MIT email, or my box sitting on campus.) http://3down.mit.edu/ http://3down.mit.edu/ works but reports nothing.
mayneack 14y ago
All .mit.edu domains I've tried appear down (stellar, my fraternity, etc)
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hsinxh 14y ago
its still down and so is w3.org
stordoff 14y ago
Still down here (accessing from the UK in case that matters).
pazimzadeh 14y ago
Still down.
hack4supper 14y ago
still down

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bourne 14y ago
Confirmed? https://twitter.com/AnonymousIRC/status/290625822983856128 https://twitter.com/AnonymousIRC/status/290625822983856128
- kristofferR 14y ago
  Nope, all the tweets have come after the sites were already down. Typical Anonymous/Lulzsec DDoS operations doesn't work like that, they need thousands of participants before it'll have any effect. If it was a public DDoS like the operations that took down DoJ about a year ago you would expect to see thousands of tweets about it and a lot of IRC activity.
  - dmix 14y ago
    It's also known that Anonymous can either use their own botnets or purchase access to botnets by the hour to conduct DDoS. http://jesterscourt.mil.nf/2012/09/27/anonymousqassam-pay-per-minute-ddos/ http://jesterscourt.mil.nf/2012/09/27/anonymousqassam-pay-pe... > So what is Multiboot.me? Well it’s a Pay-Per-Minute DDoS system that has been used by Anons (and others) to down US and other sites since LOIC got rumbled and DHN got pwned. In addition, not all DDoS involve LOIC style attacks. It can use other types of exploits.

Posibyte 14y ago

According to this[1], it's just networking issues. [1]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5052903 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5052903