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[Badgerst3]

If I have to choose between this and nuclear war, I choose nuclear war.

This made me chuckle. How much do we depend on an always on internet?

Sadly I immediately feel "uncomforatable" when denied psn/time warner cable/Netflix for over 30 minutes. And this mild anxiety grows the longer my normal services are down.

Sign of our times I suppose. Time to go to the beach.

 

[Nipo]

Huh so this is the nature of modern warfare now? Why risk a traditional war when you can undermine and hurt your rivals from the comfort of your home? I wonder if this was just a test,a prelude to a more critical attack on core American infrastructure, i am interested in knowing how much potential damage can be dealt.

Aren't most SCADA systems online now? If so you could kill thousands if not tens of thousands if you time the attack right

 

[Slayven]

No, I just unplugged Canada's internet because they're invading Philly with their goddamn poutine

Shut up old man

 

[Darkangel]

My Nova Scotia internet did seem a little slow earlier.

 

[Arcia]

Zero problems in Texas.

Yeah I'm in Houston (with Comcast) and no problems here. If they are going after high population density areas, they are failing to reach us at least.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Does this cause damage that engineers have to go in and repair or does everything go back to normal when the attack stops?

 

[cress2000]

Uh-oh!

 

[FleetingFlowAir]

I guess I'm not experiencing slowdown due to being just barely out of the red mark from the west coast.

I'll live.

 

[Laevateinn]

I remember losing electricity for a whole week maybe ten years ago. It was highly annoying, but I won't lie, it was fun in its own way. Wouldn't wish for it again though.

On Bill Clinton's inauguration, Seattle had one of the largest wind storm in the city's history. During it, a tree fell on our house and we were without power for over a week. I feel bad for my mom who had to supply me with batteries for my game gear. What a nightmare.

Does this cause damage that engineers have to go in and repair or does everything go back to normal when the attack stops?

I doubt there's any physical damage but there's no doubt tons of engineers running around a data center right now.

 

[enewtabie]

No problem here in NC. Mess with our internet and we are sending Delta for you.

 

[fwpx]

Does this cause damage that engineers have to go in and repair or does everything go back to normal when the attack stops?

Engineers will have to go in and attempt to stop/reroute the attack. Either way, someones very angry about today.

 

[Lagamorph]

Heard a mention of a group called Poodle Corp being behind this?

 

[Quote]

Twitter is dead for me.

Isn't there a site that shows you where attacks come from?

Couldn't Dyn just block a whole country in the case? Or does the act of the server denying cause this?

 

[Dunlop]

No, I just unplugged Canada's internet because they're invading Philly with their goddamn poutine

And Philly is better because of it, poutine is awesome

 

[hitme]

If anyone's interested in the live map of DDoS attacks around the world (doesn't show the big one since it was in the morning)

http://map.norsecorp.com/#/

 

[JaseMath]

Heard a mention of a group called Poodle Corp being behind this?

Is that like E Corp? fsociety hack confirmed.

 

[bigmit3737]

Honestly, we've been warned this was coming for a while now.

This is just the beginning.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/09/someone_is_lear.html

Intererting read thanks.

 

[BronsonLee]

Shut up old man

Don't make me take down your internet too ya heathen

And Philly is better because of it, poutine is awesome

I will not allow Canada to politely invade my home with their manners and fattening food

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Heard a mention of a group called Poodle Corp being behind this?

Nah. Its not gonna be any small time group. This attack is too big for some toddlers to do.

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

The false flag is beginning.

 

[Matrix]

Anyone still having issues with Twitter?


East coast

Yes, NYC here and not working.

 

[Xando]

Nah. Its not gonna be any small time group. This attack is too big for some toddlers to do.

Yeah Lizard squad might get Sony but this is a massive attack.

 

[Zantetsuken]

So it'd have to be someone or an entity with a lot of resources at their disposal correct?

 

[BronsonLee]

So it'd have to be someone or an entity with a lot of resources at their disposal correct?

r u s s i a

 

[jstripes]

I remember losing electricity for a whole week maybe ten years ago. It was highly annoying, but I won't lie, it was fun in its own way. Wouldn't wish for it again though.

The great blackout. I remember that well. My power was back the next morning.

We lost power for 5 days a few years ago, an ice storm took out much of the city's power lines, but my phone still had 3G.

 

[kswiston]

Russian cyber terrorism plot confirmed.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

at least no one was killed

 

[RedFyn]

If anyone's interested in the live map of DDoS attacks around the world (doesn't show the big one since it was in the morning)

http://map.norsecorp.com/#/

Oddly enough this is the only site I've found that won't work.

 

[PanicFreak]

More possible the Rusia-China-Philipine triangle of doom.

Axis of Asia

 

[Matrix]

PSN, Netflix, Twitter all down for me in NYC

Same, add Paypal and some other sites as well for me.

 

[Uhyve]

If anyone's interested in the live map of DDoS attacks around the world (doesn't show the big one since it was in the morning)

http://map.norsecorp.com/#/

Heh, that's down for me.

Suppose it could actually just be due to traffic though, bet alot of people are wanting to take a look.

 

[jstripes]

Nah. Its not gonna be any small time group. This attack is too big for some toddlers to do.

How many levels of cyber are you on?

 

[Zepp Twofist]

It's a pretty open secret that state run botnets are getting the capabilities to take out enough of the Internet to render it mostly useless. We are just seeing the beginning of this.

 

[Killer Queen]

is that why Twitter is dead

Canadian here and I am experiencing it

Southern Ontario seems to be in the possible nuke zone so it's not unlikely

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Okay, about 100% if my work related stuff is now down/lleaking money.

Next week gonna be bad

 

[Smokey]

Nvm

 

[Netherscourge]

NJ here.

Twitter is working fine for me.

 

[norm9]

Sounds like the beginning of the end. It was a good run, internet.

 

[Servbot #42]

Aren't most SCADA systems online now? If so you could kill thousands if not tens of thousands if you time the attack right

Woah that SCADA system seems to be used everywhere, welp. Well i'm sure they are well secured, right?

What is SCADA Used For?

SCADA (Supervisory control and data acquisition) is an industrial automation control system at the core of many modern industries, including:

Energy
Food and beverage
Manufacturing
Oil and gas
Power
Recycling
Transportation
Water and waste water
And many more

SCADA systems are used by private companies and public-sector service providers. SCADA works well in many different types of enterprises because they can range from simple configurations to large, complex projects.

Virtually anywhere you look in today's world, there is some type of SCADA system running behind the scenes, whether at your local supermarket, refinery, waste water treatment plant, or even your own home.

https://inductiveautomation.com/what-is-scada

 

[jstripes]

Southern Ontario seems to be in the possible nuke zone so it's not unlikely

Twitter works fine for me in Toronto.

 

[BravesCountry]

Seamless is down in NYC. Does this mean I have to leave the apartment to get food?

 

[Timeaisis]

This whole thing is nuts. I remember reading people were trying to use the Internet of Things devices (like a web-ready camera) in a botnet to DDoS. Crazy shit, man.

 

[Mr.Sumal]

is that why Twitter is dead

Canadian here and I am experiencing it

can't watch some netflix titles here

 

[rokkerkory]

Do you guys feel secure in this digital world?

 

[Oozer3993]

I can access Twitter through my cell connection, but not through company Wi-Fi.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Whoever said "War never changes" was full of shit man.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

This whole thing is nuts. I remember reading people were trying to use the Internet of Things devices (like a web-ready camera) in a botnet to DDoS. Crazy shit, man.

Yep, this might be coming from friggin internet of shit kettles

 

[EvilMario]

Twitter works fine for me in Toronto.

Was up and down earlier for me. Mobile app still can't pull information though.

 

[killer rin]

Twitter is dead for me.

Isn't there a site that shows you where attacks come from?

Couldn't Dyn just block a whole country in the case? Or does the act of the server denying cause this?

I'd be amazed if they DIDN'T know where the attacks were coming from. Though its kind of hard to outright block a country from accessing the internet. You would have to basically cut all the wires going in or out, or at least limit them to the point where their own bandwidth collapses upon itself.

Other than that, the act of denying service is the job of the software. All a server sees is an electrical signal coming in, its up to the OS to inspect that and then determine "Yes" or "No" based on the rules you setup.

Even if you were to block the country altogether, that country is still pinging the servers and using up server-time before it gets to the point where it returns an error

 

[Matrix]

Whoever said "War never changes" was full of shit man.

lol