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Since this has been more frequent as of late, can anyone shine some light on who might DDOS someone like github? Is there anything to gain or is this just sadis
by dzlobin 13y ago
Since this has been more frequent as of late, can anyone shine some light on who might DDOS someone like github? Is there anything to gain or is this just sadism?
- Shank 13y agoProbably cyber-terrorism, along the lines of "pay us $500,000 to stop this attack before hit hits," to blackmail startups like Github into paying.
- dzlobin 13y agoThat's what I originally assumed, but is this actually ever successful with companies like that?
- meowface 13y agoI honestly doubt it's successful for anyone. No matter the size of the site, the amount of money you would pay a DDoS mitigation provider, either on a full-time basis or just to stop a current attack, would generally be considerably less than the ransom asked for, with the bonus of having your site be available much more often.
- radagaisus 13y agoSounds like that's successful for the DDoS mitigation provider.
- joshlegs 13y agodoes github really count as a startup still? they're not inducted into programmatic canon yet?
- Shank 13y agoI suppose they're past the startup phase; you're right - I just never noticed the transition from 'startup' to 'company,' because the culture has stayed the same (as well as development pace, and quality).
- zalzane 13y agoI imagine that there's plenty of groups from third world countries who would be more than glad to take advantage of a cheap botnet to hold a website at gunpoint in exchange for protection money.