cyber terrorism is here
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Massive web attacks briefly knock out top sites I noticed it this morning when the NY Times website was down. At the time, I didn't know what was causing it. I also just tried to sign an online petition and the site was down. Russia? ISIS? Trump?
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[...] Russia? ISIS? Trump? At this point in time it’s still a guess, and mine would be ‘none of the above’. Most DDOS attacks are criminal, as in ‘non-political’, and it’s not at all clear how the current attack and the resulting downage fits the interests of the three you list, other than general disruption and its effect on the public opinion, etc. Some more detail is available in PCWorld's Major DDoS attack on Dyn DN...offline. While Dyn DNS claims to be OK again, many websites using its services are distinctly not. FWIW, I still can’t get any Twitter feeds, among others.
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Actually, nytimes.com was offline for a considerable period yesterday early morning. No explanation, but nothing apparently suspicious at the time. I usually check Is It Down Right Now? — one of the neater checkers — when such things pop up (or down). More likely: Russia = ISIS (Daesh) = Trump.
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This is a test. This is only a test... The Register
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Does anybody know how to find out if a router's been commandeered? Mine has an 8 character password including UC, lc, and numbers, but if it's one of a stock comprised of a relatively small number of items it's nowhere near as secure as it looks.
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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Jon
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Well that convinces me, I have at least three or four of "Internet of Things" devices that are not HomeKit enabled. I have to get busy getting them upgraded or replacing them with HomeKit enabled devices.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
— Albert Einstein
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