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Probably cyber-terrorism, along the lines of "pay us $500,000 to stop this attack before hit hits," to blackmail startups like Github into paying.
by Shank 13y ago
Probably 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).