Biggest Internet Attack In History

Thrill

...is currently still ongoing afaik and has been reported to have slowed internet speeds globally, though I haven't noticed it myself.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21954636

Five national cyber-police-forces are investigating the attacks.

It's being fought between spammers and anti-spammers.

The spammers say that a private company has no right to tell others what they can and cannot put on the net.

Anyone notice the slowdown?

Outkast_IRE

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smash

Thrill wrote: »

...is currently still ongoing afaik and has been reported to have slowed internet speeds globally

Reports are that they've really been hammering the UPC servers for years now!

150mb my ass!

Ranicand

Yes I am finding the following site very slow indeed.:mad:

http://www.snail-world.com/

MagicMarker

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zonEEE

north Korea ?

Thrill

zonEEE wrote: »

north Korea ?

Nah, its this lot...

http://blogs.computerworld.com/cybercrime-and-hacking/21967/biggest-ddos-attack-history-slows-internet-breaks-record-300-gbps

Biggest DDoS attack in history slows Internet, breaks record at 300 Gbps

If you can’t reach Netflix, or are having difficulties accessing other sites, then it might be due to this huge online fight between CyberBunker, a Dutch hosting company, and Spamhaus, an anti-spam group. This Web war began when Spamhaus blacklisted the Dutch company as spammers

CrinkElite

You have to admire this Lindford guy. He's Just egging them on and rubbing their noses in it although I don't think that's the way to prevent this from escalating.

the_syco

Gonna agree with the CyberBunker lads that

Nobody ever deputized Spamhaus to determine what goes and does not go on the Internet. They worked themselves into that position by pretending to fight spam.”

CrinkElite

Yeah Syco I'd tend to agree with you although on the other hand, no one is forcing anyone to use spamhaus's blocklists. edit/ oh wait. they are.

GAAman

MagicMarker wrote: »

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Stop bleedin clickin then!! :mad::mad::mad:

Daveysil15

It's taking me ages to log into facebook. That might have something to do with it.

1ZRed

And they laughed at my carrier pigeons.

Well who's laughing now!

hal9000

pew pew! innernet laz0rS
Or maybe a million of internet monkeys pressing F5!

hoodwinked

*waves boards.ie flag in their faces while taunting them it works just fine*

sfwcork

Of course i noticed it.You think im stupid or something

*****looks around nervously***

WoollyRedHat

Spotify took ages to load earlier... that got me quite annoyed.

Prodigious

The biggest internet attack in history was SOPA.

3ndahalfof6

I still find it hard to get into bed, but I find it harder to get out of it, pissss horns are the scurge.

Dwork

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

I still find it hard to get into bed, but I find it harder to get out of it, pissss horns are the scurge.

They are indeed. Probably. You're not really paying attention here, are you? Somthing tells me..

Damnit.....thats why pornhub is so slow. A quickie has turned into a marathon.

ringadingding

I don't see the point in spam , I can honestly say I have never considered to buy anything that has been advertised in a spammy way.

I can't get my head around why they bother to do it tbh, if anything it makes me to not want to use the company

bradlente

Deleted User wrote: »

Damnit.....thats why pornhub is so slow. A quickie has turned into a marathon.

It always turns into a marathon.

3ndahalfof6

Dwork wrote: »

They are indeed. Probably. You're not really paying attention here, are you? Somthing tells me..

Fook something in the eye then ask him/her.

Boombastic

Didn't Nostradamus predict this ?

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*Prepares bunker

3ndahalfof6

Boombastic wrote: »

Didn't Nostradamus predict this ?

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*Prepares bunker

I dont think he did, but Nostradamus mentioned something about it just after his opium fix.

TheUsual

Wow. Read this thread before dinner and said to myself "bull****".

Then I watch Russia Today news and the geezer from the blocked web-host in Holland was on admitting are battling the Spamhous blockage.
A little invisble war of countries and companies in 1's and 0's.
http://www.russiatoday.com/news/spamhouse-cyber-bunker-attack-934/

I apologise for being so sceptical now.

3ndahalfof6

TheUsual wrote: »

Wow. Read this thread before dinner and said to myself "bull****".

Then I watch Russia Today news and the geezer from the blocked web-host in Holland was on admitting are battling the Spamhous blockage.
A little invisble war of countries and companies in 1's and 0's.
http://www.russiatoday.com/news/spamhouse-cyber-bunker-attack-934/

I apologise for being so sceptical now.

Do you par take in Marajoparanoia.

TheUsual

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

Do you par take in Marajoparanoia.

:pac:
Ha ha ! Just the odd flashback about moon landings now and again.

Nope it's true, the biggest internet attack ever is going on at the moment, we could all be back in the stone age, reading newspapers, going to libraries to look stuff up, talking to other people.

The horror !!!

Equium

"Biggest internet attack in history"

Also known as ''pretend you are with eircom day''.

3ndahalfof6

TheUsual wrote: »

:pac:
Ha ha ! Just the odd flashback about moon landings now and again.

Nope it's true, the biggest internet attack ever is going on at the moment, we could all be back in the stone age, reading newspapers, going to libraries to look stuff up, talking to other people.

The horror !!!

Reading stones, ask Fred.

CrinkElite

http://blog.cloudflare.com/the-ddos-that-almost-broke-the-internet

An interesting piece here from Cloudflare, they're the people Spamhaus hired to keep them afloat.

All is not well with the interwebs it seems.

Crafty Ruskies.

Thrill

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypt-naval-forces-capture-3-scuba-divers-trying-to-sabotage-undersea-internet-cable/2013/03/27/dd2975ec-9725-11e2-a976-7eb906f9ed9b_story.html

Egypt: Naval forces capture 3 divers trying to cut undersea Internet cable



By Associated Press,


CAIRO — Egypt’s naval forces captured three scuba divers who were trying to cut an undersea Internet cable in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, a military spokesman said. Telecommunications executives meanwhile blamed a weeklong Internet slowdown on damage caused to another cable by a ship.

Poor internet. Getting hit from all sides.

donegal_road

I wonder would it have anything remotely to do with this

Euro to collapse within two weeks? $900 million says it will.

TheUsual

I think Neon is fighting in the Matrix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWmOPWD_mrI

Thrill

http://allthingsd.com/20130327/cyber-attack-on-spam-fighter-said-to-be-over/

Cyber Attack on Spam Fighter Said to Be Over

Companies that monitor Internet traffic said Wednesday that an intensive cyber attack against a European spam-fighting organization has ended.

If only all wars could be this bloodless. Seems like this war may be at an end.

Hotblack Desiato

the_syco wrote: »

Gonna agree with the CyberBunker lads that

Nobody ever deputized Spamhaus to determine what goes and does not go on the Internet. They worked themselves into that position by pretending to fight spam.”

I don't get this POV at all.
Cyberbunker are openly willing to profit from criminal activity. If others start rejecting their traffic, they've only themselves to blame.

Prodigious

ninja900 wrote: »

I don't get this POV at all.
Cyberbunker are openly willing to profit from criminal activity. If others start rejecting their traffic, they've only themselves to blame.

They are willing to host without invasion of privacy.

squod

ninja900 wrote: »

I don't get this POV at all.
Cyberbunker are openly willing to profit from criminal activity. If others start rejecting their traffic, they've only themselves to blame.

Spamhaus are pissing people of all over the gaff. Some blogs are reporting different governments backing different sides.

my internet access is so ****e,I wouldnt know the difference.

F*** you and your dongle Meteor.:mad:

corktina

Thrill wrote: »

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypt-naval-forces-capture-3-scuba-divers-trying-to-sabotage-undersea-internet-cable/2013/03/27/dd2975ec-9725-11e2-a976-7eb906f9ed9b_story.html




Poor internet. Getting hit from all sides.

i'm OK i'm on wireless

humbert

I call bullshit.

Prodigious

Well, if it was a PR stunt, it became more of an advantage to CyberBunker. I never heard of them before this. I can see myself availing of their services in the future.

MickFleetwood

So that's why all that porn was mysteriously downloaded on the family computer.

Hotblack Desiato

Prodigious wrote: »

They are willing to host without invasion of privacy.

One no more has the right to spew malicious traffic onto the internet than one does to falsely shout 'Fire' in a packed theatre.