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To what end would the GCHQ DDoS IRC servers? What would they gain from that?
by simias 13y ago
To what end would the GCHQ DDoS IRC servers? What would they gain from that?
- meebi 13y agoAccording to the leaked documents, denial of the targeted users to communicate with each other.
- zecho 13y agoDDoS has also been used to cause netsplits, which can then be exploited to gain access to private rooms.
- meebi 13y agoOn any sensible IRCd this won't happen. Users sneaking in during netsplits will be booted as netriders when the split closes.
- Cthulhu_ 13y agoBasically, jamming communications between internet terrorists / freedom fighters (depending on your stance on the matter)
- ersii 13y agoAnd/or just regular people who chat with each other.
- valarauca1 13y agoEMP'ing the telephone exchange hopping to cut off the bad guys phone calls to each other.
- phusion 13y agoThey wanted to stop AnonOps from enabling the planning and execution of Anonymous operations. They bragged that a month after "rolling thunder" that the same nicknames/operations weren't there anymore. It's hardly effective, mostly childish.
- TuringTest 13y agoThat news is covered here: http://blogs.csoonline.com/other/2979/irc-network-calls-investigations-over-gchqs-attack-anonymous http://blogs.csoonline.com/other/2979/irc-network-calls-inve...
- a3n 13y agoTelling their boss that they did something.