319 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 20 May 2023 \ on: Why was stacker.news DDOS'd? bitcoin
It seemed mostly like someone just having a laugh.
Maybe they'll come here and tell us?
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10.8k sats \ 3 replies \ @ssuutxanu 20 May 2023 freebie
DDoSer on the phone.
Yes, you're absolutely right - it was done for fun. I'm testing a new method for DDoSing Amazon targeted servers, and stacker.news is the right place for such testing.
I apologize if I did any harm :c I read stacker.news regularly myself and like lightning news
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849 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 20 May 2023
No real harm. It's nice to be be aware of these things should unfriendly attacks come. I've never been DDoS'd so it was kind of educational for me as well.
Do you have any recommendations for things we should do to prevent these kinds of attacks?
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162 sats \ 0 replies \ @031ef7d322 20 May 2023
Cloudflare, AWS Shield
Avoid expensive operations (db or node hits) from unauthenticated endpoints.
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121 sats \ 0 replies \ @tbonesteaks 21 May 2023
DDoS-ed, confessed, got paid OR didn’t DDoS, lied, got paid
glad to see bitcoin is alive and well for criminals and/or liars. JK JK. this is fun, wild stuff.
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