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Possible cyberattack against US internet infrastructure
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baxter2231
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This is all the work of skankhunt42 isnt it?
King Tubby
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So you don't think Russia sponsored any of the previous hacks that occurred and the entire US government apparatus is lying about it? Who is the US covering for then?
Not that I'm saying this attack is being perpetrated by Russia. Nobody knows yet, that just seems like the likeliest suspect given the past few months.
Killer Queen
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Yeah but who else has the reason and resources to do this. Unless it's some unholy alliance between China and Russia.
King Mystery
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Possible test run for election day?
The Last Wizard
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This is pretty scary.
This looks like it was just taken from the CNBC article.
Dyn's only official response is "Our engineers continue to investigate and mitigate several attacks aimed against the Dyn Managed DNS infrastructure." which is the same thing they said an hour ago and to me just says they're continuing to resolve the current attack, not that there's another one on the way
I would not believe the third attack claims unless Dyn comes out and says it. Neither this nor the CNBC article have a direct quote which makes me really skeptical.
Ravensmash
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Has anything in the UK been affected?
PSN is down apparently.
PSN is down apparently.
maquiladora
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I am doubtful that Russia is to blame for this particular attack. Unless it is a form of retaliation for some type of undisclosed action that the US took recently against Russia that we don't know about. I don't see what they have to gain from this, unlike stealing emails etc.
I don't think it's a test or dry run for some larger election day attack. The multiple waves of attacks seem too much just for a test.
My guess is that it could be a move from China after the US challenged China's claims in South China Sea this morning, which really pissed them off.
The other possibility is this is the work of a non-state actor targeting Dyn for some reason.
I don't think it's a test or dry run for some larger election day attack. The multiple waves of attacks seem too much just for a test.
My guess is that it could be a move from China after the US challenged China's claims in South China Sea this morning, which really pissed them off.
The other possibility is this is the work of a non-state actor targeting Dyn for some reason.
maquiladora
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Not much for me, I got the odd DNS error earlier today and couldn't on Paypal for a bit, but everything seems fine now.
I've not been on PSN since this morning though, wouldn't surprise me if that was acting iffy.
That is just sad
Man those shitheads really think the world revolves around them huh
Yeah right...
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mangochutney
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Dyn person gave a speech about DDoS'ing not long before the attack began. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/ddos-on-dyn-impacts-twitter-spotify-reddit/
So that is a possible motive.
As with previous large attacks, if you go chatting shit about the DDoS'ers and how you can stop them they DDoS you hard to try and make you look stupid.
Cool, updated the OP
Can we get one more updated to the title?
Ongoing cyberattack against US internet infrastructure
Poltergust
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If this is the case and any random Joe-schmoe can execute this attack then we have a looooong way to go to improve cybersecurity.
I know Wikileaks thinks its preaching hot fire by leaking the DNC emails, but absolutely nothing in the emails has struck me as remotely scandalous. Am I wrong to feel that way?
Clearly everyone involved writes emails as though someone might eventually read them (as any professional does) and they are basically exactly like I imagined politicians to be; calculated, ambitious, tactical. Even the public+private position comment is reasonable - I would expect most representatives to have some distinction between the two.
So like, I'm sure wikileaks and Assange want to be seen in the same light as Snowden, but it feels like they're grasping.
I'd say it's more like someone got control of VDos' massive DDoS network and decided to aim it something more hardened than a console's online service
DorkLord54
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I wouldn't be surprised at this point if it was just a bunch of Anons who thought this would be funny. I mean, it's basically their PSN and XBL Christmas attacks on a grander scale.
Well, thank the IDIoTs, i.e. the Insecure-by-Design Internet of Things. They opened a big, nice new attack vector -- themselves.
Isn't this exactly what a state actor would go for though? I doubt an attack like this will ever point to a giant server farm in Pjongyang, Beijing or St. Petersburg.
They would also most likely have dozens of different targets as to obfuscate the one thing they were going for - like electronic voting machines?
I'm seeing some speculation that it's compromised IoT devices like webcams and routers "protected" by default passwords. We sure do.
Subpar Spatula
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It's funny how the cyberwar has turned into DDoS attacks.
BOOORING.
BOOORING.
Thebeardofknowledge
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I don't think you understand how the internet or hardware works at all
In order for an attack like this to be effective you need a botnet larger than any Joe-schmoe is going to know how to put together and coordinate.
Demoskinos
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Its not related to this but you know... change your password if they are telling you to. But also make sure it isn't some sort of phishing scheme.
Omegabalmung9
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I would change your password just in case. Try not to use the link in the email but do it on the site instead.
Your avatar made me nostalgic for Puerto Rico.
On topic, I haven't had any internet issues other than PSN today.
I was thinking the exact same thing lol
ghostofsparta
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boring but effective. My company is still trying to recuperate. I've mostly been sitting around since things just aren't working right
no, a DDOS attack just overwhelms the recipient. Like having to answer the door everytime someone knocks and then close it for each, in the order for as many times as each visitor knocks.
The bigger issue is the purpose of an attack like this. It can be used to shut out communications, be a diversion to something else, and you can also monitor the response and other failover mechanisms that may be in place. It can also just be a geopolitical middlefinger.
I'd stay away from your bank websites until the attack stops. Everyone should enable some type of fraud protection as a just in case.
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