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How certain are you guys that it wasn't the sheer levels of traffic due to the ongoing Boston situation?

• alienth 14y ago
  Certain beyond any shadow of doubt.
  • jordn 14y ago
    What are the indicators that this is a malicious DDoS attack rather than just unprecedented traffic from interest in the Boston manhunt? Also, what reason is there for a DDoS attack on Reddit right now?
    • Sayter 14y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5570670 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5570670
    • alienth 14y ago
      They're slamming over 20x our normal bandwidth with URL containing things such as "boston", "your_gay", etc.
      • salimmadjd 14y ago
        Maybe government doesn't want redditers countering their official narrative regarding the suspects