USNetizen

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by USNetizen 11y ago
They were DDoSing HTTP amongst other services, so, yeah, there was a response via the websites being hosted. That's where the overages came from.
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by USNetizen 11y ago
I think you fail to realize the implications of what you do when you go out and not only embrace but advertise your failures. It looks like attention-seeking behavior and it won't be good for your company. I understand why you may thin
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by USNetizen 11y ago
Thank for that. I was reading all of these "great job!" comments and thinking to myself that I couldn't be the only one that saw it that way. This can't be a winning move long-term when companies do this and embrace such
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by USNetizen 11y ago
After seeing more and more of these "we failed" pieces pop up here, I commend the authors for sharing something so intimate. However, these are starting to strike me as those "everyone gets a trophy" competitions where t
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by USNetizen 11y ago
Luck of the draw. Certain IP blocks in the Linode range are attacked all the time, as evidenced here. We had a couple VMs that were never attacked, but far too many of them were on a regular basis for us to even consider staying with Linode
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by USNetizen 11y ago
Not so fast. We migrated all of our former Linode clients to AWS and Azure and have not suffered a single DDoS in the roughly 2 years since the move to other providers. At Linode, on the other hand, we suffered more than a dozen in less tha
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Cybersecurity predictions for 2016(usatoday.com)
3 points by USNetizen 11y ago|0 comments
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by USNetizen 11y ago
I find this ironic because about 2 years ago I had a couple VMs with them that suffered CHRONIC DDoS attacks, all the time. I had to move my clients to a whole other platform. Linode, on the other hand, simply blamed us for supposedly causi
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by USNetizen 11y ago
I get the purpose of having someone who understands basic coding in the marketing realm, but this is just about a single problem that was solved. By the title, I thought it would have more substance about overall efficiencies achieved and s
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Working Ridiculously Long Hours Is a Sign That Something Is Wrong(blog.netizencorp.com)
1 points by USNetizen 11y ago|0 comments
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by USNetizen 11y ago
I once faced the same situation, albeit with kids and a mortgage. Leverage your development background but get a project management certification and start leading some of those younger grads that will need your guidance. Not only will it o
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Lack of cyber security draws hackers to hospital devices(ft.com)
2 points by USNetizen 11y ago|0 comments
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How Corporate America keeps huge hacks secret(money.cnn.com)
2 points by USNetizen 11y ago|0 comments
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Study shows many embedded devices ship without adequate security tests(infoworld.com)
3 points by USNetizen 11y ago|0 comments
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Pennsylvania company enlisted for power-grid cybersecurity project(mcall.com)
1 points by USNetizen 11y ago|0 comments
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by USNetizen 11y ago
Hence why they call it "best value" which was my point. What this person did is called "LPTA" or, essentially, lowest bidder. Not sure if you want every lowest bidder making your mission critical applications.
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Netizen Corp. Supporting $12.2M Federal Program to Enhance Energy Grid Security(blog.netizencorp.com)
1 points by USNetizen 11y ago|0 comments
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by USNetizen 11y ago
The problem with this isn't that the bidder wanted to do something noble, it's that it set a precedent that the government is going to expect on future bids moving forward. "Buying a contract" is nothing new - companies
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by USNetizen 11y ago
As someone who was stationed on Okinawa some years later, I find this quite interesting and had seen even a few parallels to this story during my time there, albeit not with nuclear warheads involved.
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by USNetizen 11y ago
It's not the personnel affected, it's the level of morale it affected was my point. People see hypocritical leadership decisions and look for the exit right away usually.
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by USNetizen 11y ago
What proof is there that these people were "losers" and slackers as you put it? Either way, you're right about needing to open it back up. The impact to morale overall must have been huge when these people had to scramble to
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by USNetizen 11y ago
Maybe, just maybe, it has something to do with the whole "work in our offices or quit" memo sent to virtual employees a while back not paying the dividends she had hoped. Adding insult to injury, perhaps her build-out of a full pr
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IT Insecurity: Aggressive use of security solutions(fcw.com)
1 points by USNetizen 11y ago|0 comments
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by USNetizen 11y ago
Not really. It says "exposed on AWS" which these records certainly were stored there, not "exposed by AWS" which would have been misleading and untrue implying AWS did the leaking. Semantics for sure, but not at all misl
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by USNetizen 11y ago
Because private sector investors have an interest in making a return on investment, which product companies do in spades, but government has an interest in creating jobs, which these product/app startups don't typically do well at
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by USNetizen 11y ago
Here's part of what I don't get - there are so many government organizations, state and federal, jumping over themselves to provide funding, incubation and support to IT product/app companies across the country claiming it cr
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by USNetizen 11y ago
Although this may seem bad for many of these workers, I know of a lot of other tech companies that will be chomping at the bit to pick up many of these talented affected workers, though it may require a relocation in some cases. As for HPE
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Study Shows Small Businesses Doubling Profits by Switching to Cloud Computing(business.com)
1 points by USNetizen 11y ago|0 comments
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VA Secretary: Open source is the only way to operate(fiercegovernmentit.com)
3 points by USNetizen 11y ago|0 comments
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Cyber leaders emphasize usability in security(fedscoop.com)
1 points by USNetizen 11y ago|0 comments

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