Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’re doing
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Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’re doing
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#2Note: The short blurb doesn't say anything about the nature of the attack.
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#3Just like trying to set your local public library on fire. There are always crazies in the world.
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#4DDoS, I’m assuming? It was intermittently offline yesterday, which was annoying, but I didn’t assume malice then.
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#5Just like trying to set your local public library on fire. There are always crazies in the world.
There’s lots of dirty politics on WP. Not sure about other countries, but Russian government is very involved in whitewashing it’s activities.
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#6Someone claimed the attack on twitter with some details (DDoS) - and proved it later by stopping the attack for x minutes then restarting it at a specific time. https://twitter.com/fs0c131y/status/1170093562878472194?s=20 - the attacker also went on to DDoS the twitch ingest servers (not twitch.tv itself) knocking some big streamers offline.
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#7Just like trying to set your local public library on fire. There are always crazies in the world.
You can't grow a non-profit that large without angering someone. There will always be folks who believe they are more deserving of the "free money."
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#8Just like trying to set your local public library on fire. There are always crazies in the world.
except, mental states are perhaps less stable than physical ones, ultimately, and using a 'web site' is largely a mental model on the part of the user, while a technical model on the part of the provider. Dysfunctional mental drivers + lots of access + lots of time .. versus a door that locks each night and an alert attendant or three..
This is dismaying but not shocking.. the first time I saw a newly planted tree on an otherwise bleak urban block, vandalized and broken, I realized that a drive towards "better" is not to be taken for granted, and needs protection.
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#9Just like trying to set your local public library on fire. There are always crazies in the world.
You can't grow a non-profit that large without angering someone. There will always be folks who believe they are more deserving of the "free money."
Some people just like to break things. It's that simple.
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#10Just like trying to set your local public library on fire. There are always crazies in the world.
There’s lots of dirty politics on WP. Not sure about other countries, but Russian government is very involved in whitewashing it’s activities.
How interesting. Could you post some evidence? Thanks!