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Again... personally I can't see why anyone would want to DDoS github unless they are just being an asshat.

• locofacetwice 13y ago
  Hackers do that to show next potential client how good their service is.
• mataug 13y ago
  Many would just do it as a challenge, Yes they are being a asshat, but they just don't realise that.
  • blumkvist 13y ago
    great advertising for DDoS protection services.
    • Karunamon 13y ago
      Considering that Prolexic isn't exactly keeping Github up, not really!
  • davidw 13y ago
    > they just don't realise that Their parents didn't raise them very well if they don't realize that denying access to an important resource to tons of people is really, really lame.
• prawn 13y ago
  I've heard about organised crime doing this sort of thing and asking for payment to stop.
  • himal 13y ago
    Happened to 'The Million Dollar Homepage'[1]. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Dollar_Homepage#DDoS_attack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Dollar_Homepage#DDo...
• babuskov 13y ago
  Seeing how many people (ab)use github as a free file/web hosting service for various crap, it is strange we don't see such attacks more often.
• kineticfocus 13y ago
  Agreed... but sites like these are probably targets for a bunch of reasons... http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/02/dev-site-behind-apple-facebook-hacks-didnt-know-it-was-booby-trapped/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/02/dev-site-behind-appl...
• zeckalpha 13y ago
  My guess is it is accidental.
  • jmhobbs 13y ago
    As in, "oops I typed in the wrong address for my botnet and didn't notice for two hours" ?
• bzbarsky 13y ago
  The problem is, even just being an asshat is enough problem if there are enough of them. Mozilla has had the same issue: every so often someone tries to DDoS bugzilla.mozilla.org, causing it to get all slow and hard to use. :(