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Athiest websites attacked

  • 22-10-2009 3:44pm
    #1
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭


    fyi
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/22/australia_hack_attack/

    Aussie atheists knocked offline

    Hand of hackers rather than the Lord

    By John Oates
    Posted in Crime, 22nd October 2009 15:10 GMT

    Two major Australian atheist websites were taken offline by distributed denial of service attacks earlier this week.

    The organisations, the Atheist Foundation of Australia and Global Atheist Convention, have been in the news down under for organising a Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne early next year.

    The attack, on Tuesday, took the sites offline for about 24 hours. It is not clear where the attack originated - Australia lacks a violent religious minority. The group also tried to run an atheist bus advert campaign but had their slogans rejected.

    Admins added extra RAM and improved caching to get the site back online.

    The attack has been reported to the Australian Federal Police, the Sydney Morning Herald said. ®


Comments

  • #2
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Extra RAM, I like it :)


  • #3
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Magnus wrote: »
    Extra RAM, I like it :)

    Hindu Gods ftw!


  • #4
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    I blame that notorious Christian group: C++


  • #5
    Zillah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    Inside job, calling it now. Blatant ploy for sympathy and headlines. DoS attacks do no damage beyond a temporary obstruction to traffic. Of course a distributed denial of service attack is pretty much impossible to trace so we'll never know. Somewhat ironically, you can't prove that I am wrong.


  • #6
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,238 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    It's that damned Allied Atheist Alliance!

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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  • #7
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    It's obviously a sign of the impending rapture!:eek:
    Oh yes, it is close now, I know it is.:rolleyes:


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