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Multi-day DDoS storm batters Internet Archive (www.theregister.com)
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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What I wanna know is how companies get away with stuff like this.

Getting to the bottom of a cyber attack isn't... Impossible? It just takes resources.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You just pay random people on the internet to do it, it's fairly easy if you know where/what to ask for.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Traceable.

[–] Xanis@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just about anything is traceable. The trick is making it not worth the effort.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ask eBay how that towing that line worked out for them.

[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

See sending ip packets is quite a lot easier that sending pig fetuses

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yes, but far more traceable!

I mean, if eBay couldt cover entrails...