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Internet Archive is continuing to face DDoS attacks after several days, says “this attack has been sustained, impactful, targeted, adaptive, and importantly, mean” (www.neowin.net)

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[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 157 points 5 months ago

Foreign government, moneyed interests, or domestic dipshits, taking all bets.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 55 points 5 months ago

Barnes & Nobel going rouge.

[-] Alpha71@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago

Really? I thought they were more of a chartreuse myself...

[-] Tyfud@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

But why a reddish kind of powder for your cheeks/lips, specifically?

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

To feign embarrassment.

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 points 5 months ago

Rogue*

[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Loooool

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 36 points 5 months ago

Someone facing an enormous lawsuit who realized their tweets / claims were accessible and needs to buy time for their legal team.

-me a day or two ago

[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago

Warner bros for 10k please

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

who was trying to sue it out of existence recently? probably them.

[-] viking@infosec.pub 16 points 5 months ago

Wasn't that Pearson or some other shitty "educational" book publisher?

[-] tja@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago

Cloudflare

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

I'm taking China and/or Russia for $10,000 Alex.

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 months ago

Corporate espionage is so brutal that state operatives run and hide when they learn who it is. Even law enforcement avoids them.

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago

just 56 for Burkina faso

[-] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Domestic roscomnadzor paid by China orchestrated by USA. Or paid by USA and orchestrated by China. Either one.

[-] General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Maybe a rogue entity trying to anonymously use it to train an AI or LLM. Either for its data or to learn how to more effectively attack.

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