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Operation Shock and Awe - DDoS operation set up for major bitcoin sites
- Jach 14y agoAs seen on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1cu4ck/ridiculous_ddos_operation_set_up_for_monday/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1cu4ck/ridiculous_d...
- JonnieCache 14y agoObvious double(?) bluff: the kind of people who really do this stuff would have access to better ascii art.
- ozh 14y agoI kinda like the ascii, reminds of 9 pin dot matrix printers :)
- raverbashing 14y agoWell, this is actually a little better, with 'font dithering'
- prg318 14y agoThe art is mangled by pastebin; the raw version looks somewhat more legit: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=QAPxhEbP http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=QAPxhEbP
- sturmeh 14y agoWell now I'm scared! :P
- wuest 14y agoSaw this posted by Mikko earlier. It's an interesting ploy, and I'm interested to see what comes of it. Specifically, I want to know whether the media, as it were, is going to be willing to propagate this sort of story, even with the plan being relatively well-known at this point. Of course, this could be a long play. "Leak" this plan, build confidence that the media isn't going to propagate false stories, and then when a similar plan is effected, people are potentially more likely to take this manner of news seriously.
- loceng 14y agoThis could be possible though, no?
- ChrisNorstrom 14y agoHold Up.... Quick question. How is the price of bitcoin suppose to fall to 1BC = $30 when they're going to DDOS all the exchanges except for BitStamp?! People can't sell their bitcoins and cause a devaluation if they aren't able to login. A tiny percentage of bitcoiners actually have auto-bidding set up, and if BitStamp is the only one up, won't it get flooded with traffic and possibly go down too? Anyway, assuming this is true.... I guess this will finally show how self regulation doesn't work when profit is the motive. Then again, this leaking is proof that at least one individual is attempting to self regulate. This is the very thing that will scare people further away from Bitcoin. Knowing it's this easily manipulatable. Knowing Reddit I'm pretty sure they'll try to spread the news of this as far as the internet reaches. However most bitcoin owners will never find out. I guess in 24 hours we'll see if it works or not.
- pyalot2 14y agoIf you're holding bitcoins, reading r/bitcoin is pretty much mandatory.
- dfc 14y ago[X] Vehemently disagree.
- fc2 14y agoThis is just some random Bitcoin hater trying to spread FUD. There's no coordinated operation and there's most certainly no group of people willing to dump 250k BTC at once.
- Mahn 14y agoWishful thinking, there's no way the price goes back to $30 at the moment. Not a chance. Maybe in the future, but not right now.
- RustyRussell 14y agoIf you had 250,000 BTC to sell, you'd buy some better artwork.
- vbo 14y agoThe authors could also be hoping the "leak" itself, without actually executing the plan, causes panic sells by becoming a sort of self fulfilling prophecy. Also, it seems last night's ddos on mtgox didn't impact the price that much, at least not as much as previous attacks have, so I'm hoping the reduced effectiveness of such actions combined with the market clueing up to the ruse will help stabilise the bitcoin.
- jbr1ght 14y agoLooks to me like someone is trying to make this look like a legit secret bulletin to a hacker group, when actually it's an attempt to provide proof of the bitcoin flaws.
- codeulike 14y agoThis reads more like a thought experiment - to demonstrate what could be possible - than a real thing or even a hoax. For example it mentions the potential profit. I'd be more convinced if it were in 1337speak - the punctuation is far too tidy.
- codeulike 14y agoWait, "Distributed F5"??
- Nursie 14y agoDoes this not just play into the conspiracy theories of the (already conspiracy theory and delusions of grandeur prone) bitcoin community?
- InclinedPlane 14y agoSort of a side note: does anyone have any insight into law enforcement activities related to DDoS / zombie networks? It seems like this problem has been growing out of control and nobody in government cares even the slightest bit about it. Yet if you download academic articles that are already ostensibly in the public domain then you can easily raise the ire of the criminal justice system at the federal level.
- foob 14y agoIt seems like this problem has been growing out of control and nobody in government cares even the slightest bit about it. What are you basing this on? Take a look at this: http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-international-law-enforcement-disrupt-international-organized-cyber-crime-ring-related-to-butterfly-botnet http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-internat... I believe that the Microsoft DCU has also worked with the government on a number of botnet investigations and takedowns. Rustock and Bamital come to mind without googling it but I think there are more than several additional ones.
- trotsky 14y agoBased on there being no charges filed in the US related to Operation Payback even though the FBI served 50+ search warrants I think the DOJ's opinion is that it's not illegal.
- sailfast 14y agoNormally if someone has 250,000 of anything it would not be to their advantage to crash the market before a sell-off. If anything they should prop-up the currency value with fake press releases as they sell in order to cash out high and buy back in as low as possible, then write a story about the sell-off to cause a panic. That said, I suppose it's also possible that a group would want to destroy the currency in its current form too, for giggles?
- niggler 14y agoIt's also possible they have such a low cost basis (remember that it wasn't that long ago when BTC was less than 1 USD) that 30 represents s massive profit
- Prefinem 14y agoSeeing as he claims "1,000,000+ compromised machines", my guess is this is just a spoof.
- Cthulhu_ 14y agoI don't actually think that's difficult, there's 'commercial' botnets for hire for an X amount of time for this kind of coordinate attack.
- _jmar777 14y agoSounds like someone really wants us to all sign up for BitStamp. Completely unsubstantiated theory: someone figured out how to compromise BitStamp user accounts, but not enough users yet...
- sturmeh 14y agoMore like they want you to sell your coins on Bitstamp. (You'll be prepared for quick pickings! :P)
- Tichy 14y agoHow would they buy on MtGox anonymously?
- wmf 14y agoThey wouldn't, but that's not a necessary part of the plan.
- macspoofing 14y agoSo is this a North Korean-style of preemptive attack, tell everyone when you're going to attack and what you're going to do?
- sturmeh 14y agoJust so people know, there's no correlation between these documents being drafted up and the aforementioned operations actually taking place. It takes a coordinated effort and a mass of resources in order to successfully pull this off (ignoring the fact that they leaked the document anyway). It only takes 1 person with a creative mind and a bit of spare time to write the document up and 'spread' it around, which in itself will cause some panic.
- 9mit3t2m9h9a 14y agoFor the context: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/hackers-compromise-ap-twitter-account http://bigstory.ap.org/article/hackers-compromise-ap-twitter... Fake announcement from AP was pulled off only on Twitter (about explosions in White House), short-term drop in stocks.