Multi-day DDoS storm batters Internet Archive

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Three-day DDoS attack batters the Internet Archive
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You gotta be a real piece of shit to target the Internet Archive.

I wouldn't be surprised if it were paid by the companies currently battling them over copyright. Bunch of greedy bastards.

What I wanna know is how companies get away with stuff like this.

Getting to the bottom of a cyber attack isn't... Impossible? It just takes resources.

You just pay random people on the internet to do it, it's fairly easy if you know where/what to ask for.

Traceable.

Just about anything is traceable. The trick is making it not worth the effort.

Ask eBay how that towing that line worked out for them.

See sending ip packets is quite a lot easier that sending pig fetuses

Yes, but far more traceable!

I mean, if eBay couldt cover entrails...

I read yesterday that a study found out that 25% of webpages generated in 2013-2023 are gone forever. Attacking the internet archive maybe has darker motives such as censorship or plainly wanting to erase inconvenient history

1984 that what your saying. They erase the past so they can tell you it never happen.

Who controls the past now, controls the future...

Who controls the present now, controls the past...

Who controls the past now, controls the future...

Who controls the present now?

Now Testify! It's right outside your door

Now Testify!

Testify!

It's right outside your door...

Censorship is probably the most reasonable explanation

Or monetizing content. Can't monetize what is freely available.

Which I guess that falls under censorship, just for a different reason

This should be pursued the same way as if you broke into the Louvre and shat on the Venus Di Milo

Like targeting PSN and Xbox servers on Christmas Day.

Who benefits? This is paid for by corps using paywalls., under the table.