DDOS

[filkertom]

As I'm sure most of you know, there's been a distinct and annoying lack of LJ today.

Spammers I understand: they want to get your money. But I've given up trying to figure the motivation of malicious hackers -- the DDOS guys, the malware and virus writers. I just hope they get laid at some point, and leave the rest of us alone.

And how's your day...?

Comments

No joke

[lizziecrowe.livejournal.com]

I haven't been able to log in hardly at all today.

[wingus.livejournal.com]

It figures, I actually start actively using LJ for once, and the DDoS stuff happens. Up yours, Murphy.

[snobahr.livejournal.com]

My house continues to slog closer to being "done" - I have lights in all the rooms, now! I still don't have toilets installed yet (they're still in boxes, in the garage), but at least I can flip switches in all the rooms and see what's inside! Yay! Tomorrow, plumbing should further progress towards Usable Toilets (And Maybe Sinks). And the electricians have set it up so my new stove can get put in place.

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

I've been curious about this as well. What's in it for them other than feeling like they've done some grand act of vandalism?

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

"Because I can." That's all they need, plus it gives them bragging rights among their hooligan friends.

Basically, it's the same sort of thing that motivates a few rich college kids in Alabama to bomb some black churches, minus the racial aspect.

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Actually, apparently these latest DDOS attacks do have motivation: a certain Russian social activist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Navalny).

I mean, I don't have evidence that the FSB is behind the attacks, but...

[hms42]

Busy.... I spent about 1/2 the day working on a solution (which ended up being passed onto the request a copy officially option) that I could have found via asking on LJ.

This week looks interesting work wise and then it should finally slow down for the rush (non-work related) into I-CON (NY) next week, where I am running filk, at the largest level I have ever run the track. (More than just the filk GOH, finally.)

[terriwells.livejournal.com]

Best of luck to you!

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Just to get the word out: If you want to switch to Dreamwidth, I have invite codes, and I'm not the only one... and you won't miss our dear Tom; he crossposts everything. You can import everything from here (assuming it stays up long enough), groups, comments, icons, the whole shebang, and then auto-crosspost back over here (as long as it's working, again). If nothing else, having a DW account means all your stuff here can be backed up if the Russians finally impose a permanent pear-shape on this place.

You want a code, see me after class. :)

[jannyblue.livejournal.com]

I probably have a spare code or two as well... if they're needed.

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

Today I was the Ice Cream Fairy.

[palenoue.livejournal.com]

Do you have one of those new light saber popsicle wands?

[shockwave77598.livejournal.com]

Some of the DDOS attacks are simply Protection rackets. "Pay us and we'll ensure that our Zombie network of computers don't hit your server so hard that you can't do business." This is especially prevalent in the Eastern European (Romanian) hacker groups. Not all groups operate under this modus, but a good portion do.

Hmm. Now I want to record a song -- DDOS death, where the bot leader is killed in 100 different and graphic little ways. And he spends eternity in Limbo because the devil doesn't want him stinking up hell...

[rms-butterfly.livejournal.com]

Oh, not bad, for a Monday. Home from work, have had snack. :-)Making this for dinner: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/lemon-chicken-breasts-recipe/index.html

Otherwise, just the usual. And, it's raining here today, but in the low 60's, so not too uncomfortable, other than damp.

*hugs*

[redneckgaijin.livejournal.com]

Logging in, no problem. Posting things, though, just wouldn't happen most of the day.

[capt-video.livejournal.com]

First day on my own in Chicago. (Husband had to work.) Looked at some apartment, filled out unemployment paperwork. Shopped for meals that can be fixed using one pot in a hotel room.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

I missed the DDoS attack. I was having a highly medicalized day.

Damn, I am old.
I got my dentures fitted this morning
I had a mammogram and allergy shot this afternoon
And in between I ate pizza while tornado sirens went off around me.

[jannyblue.livejournal.com]

Work is work. I have things to do, and got some of them done. Hopefully, I'll still be going to work next week... Been watching the news for info on that.

Stupid DDoSers... *grumblegrumble*

I don't know if I'll be renewing my paid LJ account again... though I suppose that may change if the ad-filled "free" version proves too annoying.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

I got one strip on the boat and another strip bent to shape with the heat gun. Hoping I can put in the whiskey plank (the last plank in the hull) by the end of the week.

And the jig I want to insert in one of my songs is just about getting to where I can actually play it...

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Is it called the whiskey plank because after it's done, it's time for some? :)

[bonnie-rocks.livejournal.com]

These DDoS attacks are infuriating. I hope they get to the bottom of it and stop them.

~*::Meow::*~

[purpleranger.livejournal.com]

Tom, I don't even think getting laid would help these guys. Assuming that they are even capable of getting laid, that is.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

I was injected with radioactive sugar. Still no superpowers, dang it!

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

Clearly it needs to be radioactive honey :P

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

had the kind of day where you expect to find "Abandon all hope ye who enter here" carved above the door...

I'm beginning to see Garfield's point of view regarding Mondays.

[alverant.livejournal.com]

Wasted too much time at work on PZ Myer's blog. Got ripped a new one for my stand on an issue. Can't say I didn't deserve it. They had good points, but so did I. I say if someone does a cwaa-esque action knowing, even intending, that people will be killed then you do have some moral responsibility for what happens.

[ravenclaw-eric.livejournal.com]

You want them to get laid and leave us alone.

I'm not averse to them getting laid---out on a slab in the morgue.

[catnip13.livejournal.com]

Did half an hour of yoga, watered the garden and mini-orchard, fed the kid and the cats, made dinner, washed the kitchen floor, found a swarm of bees, washed my mom's floors, did half an hour of water aerobics, took mom's dog for a 2 mile walk, baked a 12 inch gluten free vegan chocolate cake, went and visited the bees again, washed the dog, and did a load of laundry.

[rdmaughan.livejournal.com]

So I figure the possibilities as:

1) Personal grudge.
2) Ransom threat.
3) Government attempt to close down a social network which has annoyed them.

[wildcard9.livejournal.com]

Looks like I picked a good day to forget to check LiveJournal. I remembered to catch up on Facebook but forgot about here. Explains the smaller than usual number of posts after skipping a day.

[smparadox.livejournal.com]

The malware writers used to do it for malicious destructive fun, like someone graffittiing (sp?) obscenities all over a public playground, or Fundamentalists giving a speech. Now they do it for the money they can make in partnership with the spammers.