GitHub under ongoing DDoS attack
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GitHub under ongoing DDoS attack
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Re: GitHub under ongoing DDoS attack
#2looks like github is announcing via prolexic for protection now?
Re: GitHub under ongoing DDoS attack
#3Previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9275041
Re: GitHub under ongoing DDoS attack
#4It seems governments are both protagonist and defenceless in cyber war.
Re: GitHub under ongoing DDoS attack
#5I'm confused - what is the reason behind it ?
Re: GitHub under ongoing DDoS attack
#6This has been going on since early Friday for me.
Re: GitHub under ongoing DDoS attack
#7So.. Every website running baidu analytics is going to show a warning popup to all visitors, on every page?
Re: GitHub under ongoing DDoS attack
#8I'm confused - what is the reason behind it ?
Gizmodo has some info. but I wanted to find a less trashy source; the register has a story [1]. In short, it's suspected that the Chinese government is behind the attack because there are some projects hosted on GitHub that it ideologically disagrees with.
[1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/27/github_under_fire_fr...
Re: GitHub under ongoing DDoS attack
#9So.. Every website running baidu analytics is going to show a warning popup to all visitors, on every page?
To some visitors. According to previous reports, only visitors from outside of China are sent the DDoS-ing version of analytics script.
Re: GitHub under ongoing DDoS attack
#10The fact that someone would target GitHub for a massive DDoS attack makes me sick to the stomach.