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DDoS attacks slow down Citizens' Initiative signing in Finland

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Re: DDoS attacks slow down Citizens' Initiative signing in Finland

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Post by smoe »

kichik wrote: post #3

Any indication to suggest it's DDoS and not just too many legitimate visitors for the site to handle?

The article doesn't talk about the site of the initiative, but Nordea one of the banks whose services can be used for identification. Nordea says on twitter they are under a DDoS attack and their services are slow at the moment (but don't seem to say anything about the identity service or citizens initiative specifically).

https://twitter.com/Nordea_Aspa/status/1498681430993473542

Re: DDoS attacks slow down Citizens' Initiative signing in Finland

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Post by paxys »

zeruch wrote: post #7
kichik wrote: post #3

Any indication to suggest it's DDoS and not just too many legitimate visitors for the site to handle?

This is a very valid question. While Russia likely cares, I'm not sure this is "top of mind" for them to dedicate resources against.

> I'm not sure this is "top of mind" for them to dedicate resources against

This entire war is about Ukraine joining NATO, and the expanding NATO influence in general. How would another bordering country having a NATO referendum not be top of mind for Russia?

Re: DDoS attacks slow down Citizens' Initiative signing in Finland

#13

Post by Hamuko »

paxys wrote: post #12
zeruch wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a very valid question. While Russia likely cares, I'm not sure this is "top of mind" for them to dedicate resources against.

> I'm not sure this is "top of mind" for them to dedicate resources against This entire war is about Ukraine joining NATO, and the expanding NATO influence in general. How would another bordering country having a NATO referendum not be top of mind for Russia?

Ukraine is a much larger fixation to Putin beyond NATO. There wasn't really any indication of Ukraine joining NATO before Russia started its attacks, and Finland and Sweden have been floating the idea of joining NATO if Russia started a full assault.

Re: DDoS attacks slow down Citizens' Initiative signing in Finland

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Post by Hamuko »

smoe wrote: post #11
kichik wrote: post #3

Any indication to suggest it's DDoS and not just too many legitimate visitors for the site to handle?

The article doesn't talk about the site of the initiative, but Nordea one of the banks whose services can be used for identification. Nordea says on twitter they are under a DDoS attack and their services are slow at the moment (but don't seem to say anything about the identity service or citizens initiative specifically). https://twitter.com/Nordea_Aspa/status/1498681430993473542

I think Nordea might be the second most popular retail bank in Finland, at least if we go by mortgages as a proxy metric. Osuuspankki would be the largest one, but I haven't heard of them having any issues.

Re: DDoS attacks slow down Citizens' Initiative signing in Finland

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Post by coastflow »

swayvil wrote: post #16

Quoted post unavailable.

This wouldn't be the case, as it is normal website behaviour. Users can't downvote posts (only comments) [0], and self posts on Hacker News are light grey by default [1].

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17735526

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=468180

Re: DDoS attacks slow down Citizens' Initiative signing in Finland

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Post by Ensorceled »

zeruch wrote: post #7
kichik wrote: post #3

Any indication to suggest it's DDoS and not just too many legitimate visitors for the site to handle?

This is a very valid question. While Russia likely cares, I'm not sure this is "top of mind" for them to dedicate resources against.

Russia has a ton of resources in psyops and cyber espionage, this isn't a big operation. Why is keeping the Finns and Sweden out of NATO not "top of mind"?
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