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Re: GitHub under ongoing DDoS attack

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Post by weberc2 »

vacri wrote: post #280
weberc2 wrote: post #234

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This wouldn't be the first time China has hacked US-based organizations.

Do you think the reverse isn't happening?

I was addressing the assertion that this is the first time China attacked the U.S. Whether or not the U.S. reciprocates is off-topic, but to answer your question: I don't know about any evidence that would suggest the U.S. reciprocates.

Re: GitHub under ongoing DDoS attack

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Post by aliakhtar »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #238
aliakhtar wrote: post #235

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They might be using jquery because it abstracts away the quirks of different browsers (I seem to remember that old versions of firefox and IE had different APIs for making XHR requests).

But in this case there are no meaningful browser differences: var tag = document.createElement('script'); tag.src = 'https://github.com/greatfire/'; document.body.appendChild(tag); This works on any browser. Even IE6.

Ah, you're right. Then it really is stupid. I misunderstood what it was doing.
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