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Do these kinds of attacks usually have a motive?

• ethelward 7y ago
  They can be used by blackhats selling e.g. DDoD-netbots to prove the “quality of the merchandise”.
  • aldoushuxley001 7y ago
    I definitely get the feeling that’s what they’re going for. They mentioned they’re just testing out a new botnet made from IoT devices.
    • Havoc 7y ago
      And so the IoT wars begin...
      • deleted 7y ago
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    • mpfundstein 7y ago
      Where did you read this? I am curious...
      • aldoushuxley001 7y ago
        From the attacker's twitter account, just read through his/her twitter replies (though it sounds like it's actually a group of them).
    • mirimir 7y ago
      Ah, Mirai Mark N. So what, light bulbs? Cameras?
• Iv 7y ago
  I am pretty certain that when China used the Great Firewall to attack github, this was a test of their capabilities.
  • eloff 7y ago
    Source?
    • yorwba 7y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cannon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cannon
      • eloff 7y ago
        What a world we live in... Government sponsored DDoS.
        • ngcc_hk 7y ago
          What a world live in if you are the 1.x million in som northern part of china. The 1.x billion if live inside Great Wall. The 7m if you are in Hong Kong or 2x million if you are in Taiwan. You live in a world where a totalitarian communist state is welcomed and controlled a significant portion of the world economy. Even speak in internet summit. Welcome to the brave new internet and international world of china.