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Re: Dropbox is down

#51

Post by moonka »

username223 wrote: post #18
pablosanchez wrote: post #10

Dropbox Status Update: https://tech.dropbox.com/2014/01/dropbox-status-update/

> We are aware of an issue currently affecting the Dropbox site. We have identified the cause, which was the result of an issue that arose during routine internal maintenance, and are working to fix this as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience. Comments are now, of course, closed. Whew, that's reassuring!

Clearly they have seen the twitter account claiming responsibility as well. It's been changed a little.

>We are aware that the Dropbox site is currently down. This was caused during routine internal maintenance, and was not caused by external factors. We are working to fix this as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Re: Dropbox is down

#53

Post by code_duck »

jrochkind1 wrote: post #30
spydum wrote: post #20

Surely the NSA has nothing to do with this...

If the NSA had something to do with it, odds are we wouldn't know about it to ask if the NSA had something to do with it.

We've heard that several large Internet companies were angered that their networks were tapped by the NSA for surveillance, and subsequently put a lot of effort into securing them with encryption. While it seems unlikely, it's conceivable that this has something to do with a response to surveillance, such as problems encountered while implementing encryption.

Re: Dropbox is down

#54

Post by yeukhon »

minimaxir wrote: post #2

Apparently the website has been compromised: https://twitter.com/1775Sec/status/421820685766250496 The hackers are also threatening a database leak: https://twitter.com/1775Sec/status/421822727331131392 EDIT: Dropbox's statement is that it's maintainance issues: https://tech.dropbox.com/2014/01/dropbox-status-update/ EDIT2: There is a high probability that the Twitter account is faking the hack, due to the "proof" of…

Pathetic people spreading false news. We should shame them publicly. Anyone putting up false news is as guilty as, as shameful as, as fucked up as, as stupid as anyone sabotage security on purpose secretly. We have enough stupid political propaganda full of false statements in the news these days and we don't need more in our tech community on Twitter. What are they? 12 years old? Right, they say "don't feed the trolls."

Re: Dropbox is down

#55

Post by aroch »

dclara wrote: post #38
motyar wrote: post #33

Use IP http://108.160.166.62 Seems DNS problem. Update: Dropbox app seems working well after adding this like to /etc/hosts 108.160.165.62 dropbox.com

Is this the latest website or cached somewhere? Look different though. I don't quite believe that DNS would be hacked. I was thinking that they should quickly point the DNS to a different front end server to avoid this type of unavailable. Guess they are doing their job.

it is their IP, and it looks like their vaguely-newish home page redesign

[0]: http://dns.squish.net/traverses/df9a8b86bde047a12801bc04c96e...

Re: Dropbox is down

#56

Post by motyar »

dclara wrote: post #38
motyar wrote: post #33

Use IP http://108.160.166.62 Seems DNS problem. Update: Dropbox app seems working well after adding this like to /etc/hosts 108.160.165.62 dropbox.com

Is this the latest website or cached somewhere? Look different though. I don't quite believe that DNS would be hacked. I was thinking that they should quickly point the DNS to a different front end server to avoid this type of unavailable. Guess they are doing their job.

I tried ping dropbox.com and got this IP

Not sure about other things.

For sure not a phishing, but seems SSL problem for IP.

Re: Dropbox is down

#57

Post by motyar »

minimaxir wrote: post #2

Apparently the website has been compromised: https://twitter.com/1775Sec/status/421820685766250496 The hackers are also threatening a database leak: https://twitter.com/1775Sec/status/421822727331131392 EDIT: Dropbox's statement is that it's maintainance issues: https://tech.dropbox.com/2014/01/dropbox-status-update/ EDIT2: There is a high probability that the Twitter account is faking the hack, due to the "proof" of…

When a big site is down, Tweet this:-

We have just compromised the @sitename Website [siteLinkHere] #hacked #compromised

Re: Dropbox is down

#58

Post by nodesocket »

minimaxir wrote: post #2

Apparently the website has been compromised: https://twitter.com/1775Sec/status/421820685766250496 The hackers are also threatening a database leak: https://twitter.com/1775Sec/status/421822727331131392 EDIT: Dropbox's statement is that it's maintainance issues: https://tech.dropbox.com/2014/01/dropbox-status-update/ EDIT2: There is a high probability that the Twitter account is faking the hack, due to the "proof" of…

"We are aware that the Dropbox site is currently down. This was caused during routine internal maintenance, and was not caused by external factors. We are working to fix this as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience."

Re: Dropbox is down

#59

Post by username223 »

moonka wrote: post #51
username223 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> We are aware of an issue currently affecting the Dropbox site. We have identified the cause, which was the result of an issue that arose during routine internal maintenance, and are working to fix this as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience. Comments are now, of course, closed. Whew, that's reassuring!

Clearly they have seen the twitter account claiming responsibility as well. It's been changed a little. >We are aware that the Dropbox site is currently down. This was caused during routine internal maintenance, and was not caused by external factors. We are working to fix this as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.

I almost feel sorry for the PR automata having to produce this BS on a Friday night. Compared to Target's multi-billion-dollar gift to credit card thieves, this is nothing.
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