Anti-racism sites hit by wave of cyber-attacks

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 04, 2020, 2:54 PM UTC

gaze wrote: post #61

bogwog wrote: post #50

I hate how the internet makes everyone think they're smarter than everyone else. Scheming malicious losers write fake news and propaganda to incite anger in stupid and naive people, then skeptics come across it and become paranoid and angry, and then they make fake news and propaganda to incite anger in stupid and naive people. But in the end, everyone involved is a stupid naive scheming malicious paranoid loser. Reg…

I'm picking up some equivocation between BLM protestors and white supremacists...

Post by dominotw » Thu, Jun 04, 2020, 2:57 PM UTC

maest wrote: post #64

blockmarker wrote: post #41

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So, some script kiddies buy a botnet and take down a few websites, and that means that the arson, looting and general violence is all the fault of white supremacists? That makes no sense.

Do you have any indication that the attacks were performed by script kiddies or that the targeted websites were even susceptible to such attacks?

Post by devtul » Thu, Jun 04, 2020, 2:58 PM UTC

maest wrote: post #64

blockmarker wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, some script kiddies buy a botnet and take down a few websites, and that means that the arson, looting and general violence is all the fault of white supremacists? That makes no sense.

Do you have any indication that the attacks were performed by script kiddies or that the targeted websites were even susceptible to such attacks?

Post by thrwaway69 » Thu, Jun 04, 2020, 2:59 PM UTC

crazygringo wrote: post #56

I was under the impression that these kinds of kids and hackers DDoS-ing sites for fun or activism were virtually all socially liberal, so attacks on government and military websites make sense to me. But I'm truly surprised to see anti-racism sites suffering from these attacks. Is there really a racist contingent of hackers out there? I just never thought of the two going together. Or is this more likely to be more…

Post by krapp » Thu, Jun 04, 2020, 3:01 PM UTC

Covzire wrote: post #59

eropple wrote: post #20

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In addition to green usernames, a pretty common tell is the "Latin"(-ish) username. The white supremacist segment of the population loves it some Rome. It is by no means indicative, but over time, if you pay attention, you end up with a bunch of heuristics that can help you identify good-faith arguments versus malicious ones.

We have to start avoiding latin names in things now? Fuck that. Are you sure you're not generalizing a bit too much?