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DDoS against Norwegian government IT infrastructure – status

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Re: DDoS against Norwegian government IT infrastructure – status

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Post by just_some_user »

roflmaostc wrote: post #9
just_some_user wrote: post #5

The actual interesting part about such an attack is not that something is down, but rather why someone would run it. A lot of DDoS originates from script kiddies, but such attacks are usually very short lived as attacks are expensive. So which actor would actually benefit from downing the Norwegian government?

is there actually any source those attacks are really done by "script kiddies"? More likely this more politically motivated and backed up by money and more capable groups

Yes, thats what I meant

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Post by Retr0id »

just_some_user wrote: post #20
Retr0id wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

DDoS tends to be monetised as DDoS-as-a-service. Taking down "significant" services is good advertising. Either that, or they plan to extort the Norwegian government.

But for such a "proof of power" a short attack which takes the service down once is enough, long attacks are not so common and actually require some work from the attacker

If the attack doesn't last long, bystanders can't know whether it was trivially mitigated by the victim.

A shorter attack won't make as many news headlines, either.

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Post by devin »

just_some_user wrote: post #20
Retr0id wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

DDoS tends to be monetised as DDoS-as-a-service. Taking down "significant" services is good advertising. Either that, or they plan to extort the Norwegian government.

But for such a "proof of power" a short attack which takes the service down once is enough, long attacks are not so common and actually require some work from the attacker

Unless part of the social proof is that mitigation is more difficult.

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Post by aaron695 »

just_some_user wrote: post #5

The actual interesting part about such an attack is not that something is down, but rather why someone would run it. A lot of DDoS originates from script kiddies, but such attacks are usually very short lived as attacks are expensive. So which actor would actually benefit from downing the Norwegian government?

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