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Probably a stupid question, but, what are the potential motivators behind DDoS-ing Github?

• bitdiffusion 13y ago
  Two possibilities: 1. Boredom 2. Infamy (although nobody seems to claim responsibility for attacks like this so not sure how that can be a motivating factor - but who knows).
  • bradleyland 13y ago
    3. Extortion.
    • Anderkent 13y ago
      4. Competition 5. General maliciousness (wohoo I managed to annoy so many people)
• timmorgan 13y ago
  GitHub has competitors.
  • ethomson 13y ago
    Which competitors in particular are you suggesting might be DDoS'ing them?
  • selectnull 13y ago
    An interesting idea and I have honest question: would anyone in the industry risk DDOS-ing a competitor? I mean, sooner or later they would get caught, the news would spread like a wildfire, that would really be great PR for the attacked. Any ideas on that? Does anyone have a case where that actually happened?
    • Anderkent 13y ago
      >I mean, sooner or later they would get caught, the news would spread like a wildfire, that would really be great PR for the attacked. That's nowhere near certain.