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I do not understand why GitHub get attacked so often - honestly it's not like they are doing anything wrong, they are a fabulous service and the go-to place for

I do not understand why GitHub get attacked so often - honestly it's not like they are doing anything wrong, they are a fabulous service and the go-to place for most (if not all) developers for all sorts of projects, be it open source or in an enterprise/corporate context.

manojlds 13y ago
Didn't you just answer your question? It is the "go-to" place for most developers.
- Cakez0r 13y ago
  That doesn't really answer his question. Why would somebody want to inconvenience developers?
  - abeger 13y ago
    Maybe a developer killed their parents?
  - jofo25 13y ago
    Maybe they want to disrupt developers working for a big bad company.
  - thenonsequitur 13y ago
    The goal may be to potentially open up a new attack vector to steal code, some of which may contain secrets. This is pure speculation, but a definite possibility.
  - rickyc091 13y ago
    Probably to disrupt businesses that rely on github or cause a service to function improperly causing a security loophole they can exploit.
  - viraptor 13y ago
    - Raising awareness of self-hosted alternatives - Getting people to use BB instead - Fake DDOS to get more companies to pay for github:enterprise - Preventing a system upgrade in a company which has deployment relying on github There are lots of potential ways to use it...
  - andyroid 13y ago
    My guess would be attention and publicity. Targeting a technical, developer centered site is likely to require more "skill" as one would expect such a site to have their defenses ready for this. All the greater challenge. Secondly, every time this happens it causes quite a discussion on developer forums and sites such as HN. If you're seeking attention and "recognition" amongst technical people, what better site to attack?
1qaz2wsx3edc 13y ago
Extortion, research, or for evil. Attacking Github may be an attempt to effect someone that uses it (Github may not be the direct target). What if it's possible to effect HFT trading. --- We do know that they've been consistently attacked. Github has been unsuccessful in mitigating attacks. Github needs to explain why these attacks are happening. What is being done to stop them. What has been done to stop them. And if they are different from previous attacks.
dickeytk 13y ago
extortion, potentially.
level09 13y ago
I bet DDos-protection companies (Dosarrest, cloudflare etc..) are happy to see this .. what's better than a new business potential

manojlds 13y ago

Didn't you just answer your question? It is the "go-to" place for most developers.

Cakez0r 13y ago
That doesn't really answer his question. Why would somebody want to inconvenience developers?
- abeger 13y ago
  Maybe a developer killed their parents?
- jofo25 13y ago
  Maybe they want to disrupt developers working for a big bad company.
- thenonsequitur 13y ago
  The goal may be to potentially open up a new attack vector to steal code, some of which may contain secrets. This is pure speculation, but a definite possibility.
- rickyc091 13y ago
  Probably to disrupt businesses that rely on github or cause a service to function improperly causing a security loophole they can exploit.
- viraptor 13y ago
  - Raising awareness of self-hosted alternatives - Getting people to use BB instead - Fake DDOS to get more companies to pay for github:enterprise - Preventing a system upgrade in a company which has deployment relying on github There are lots of potential ways to use it...
- andyroid 13y ago
  My guess would be attention and publicity. Targeting a technical, developer centered site is likely to require more "skill" as one would expect such a site to have their defenses ready for this. All the greater challenge. Secondly, every time this happens it causes quite a discussion on developer forums and sites such as HN. If you're seeking attention and "recognition" amongst technical people, what better site to attack?

1qaz2wsx3edc 13y ago

Extortion, research, or for evil. Attacking Github may be an attempt to effect someone that uses it (Github may not be the direct target). What if it's possible to effect HFT trading. --- We do know that they've been consistently attacked. Github has been unsuccessful in mitigating attacks. Github needs to explain why these attacks are happening. What is being done to stop them. What has been done to stop them. And if they are different from previous attacks.

dickeytk 13y ago

extortion, potentially.

level09 13y ago

I bet DDos-protection companies (Dosarrest, cloudflare etc..) are happy to see this .. what's better than a new business potential