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> As can be seen in the code, the two targeted URLs are github.com/greatfire and github.com/cn-nytimes, which are mirror sites for GreatFire.org and the Chinese
by codesuela 12y ago
> As can be seen in the code, the two targeted URLs are github.com/greatfire and github.com/cn-nytimes, which are mirror sites for GreatFire.org and the Chinese New York Times. GreatFire and NYT both use GitHub to circumvent the online censorship performed by the Great Firewall of China (GFW).
- jmngomes 12y agoI read that. Can someone shed some light over the motivation of the attacks?
- madez 12y agoDefending against an DoS-attack costs money. People try to spend as few money as possible. So, the theory is that the attacker wants github to take the repos down by making it costly to not do so.