Anti-racism sites hit by wave of cyber-attacks
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#2Original publication by Cloudflare: https://blog.cloudflare.com/cyberattacks-since-the-murder-of...
Re: Anti-racism sites hit by wave of cyber-attacks
#3We are really seing the chickens comming home to roost with regards to globalisation politics of the last few decades. When the wealth growth only happens in the top few percent this is inevitable.
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#4We are really seing the chickens comming home to roost with regards to globalisation politics of the last few decades. When the wealth growth only happens in the top few percent this is inevitable.
This comment is wholly unclear. What's inevitable? Cyberattacks? Racism? Protests? Police violence?
Re: Anti-racism sites hit by wave of cyber-attacks
#5We are really seing the chickens comming home to roost with regards to globalisation politics of the last few decades. When the wealth growth only happens in the top few percent this is inevitable.
This comment is wholly unclear. What's inevitable? Cyberattacks? Racism? Protests? Police violence?
Yes
Re: Anti-racism sites hit by wave of cyber-attacks
#6Original publication by Cloudflare: https://blog.cloudflare.com/cyberattacks-since-the-murder-of...
> Nearly six years ago, Cloudflare founded Project Galileo because we noticed a disturbing trend of disproportionate attacks against at-risk organizations and individuals that were advocating for marginalized groups. Project Galileo was set up to provide protection from cyberattacks for vulnerable targets, like artistic groups, humanitarian organizations, and the voices of political dissent.
I had no idea that existed. But I'm pleased it does.
Re: Anti-racism sites hit by wave of cyber-attacks
#7Anti-racism sites are being knocked offline... and some people still think that white nationalists and nazi's are completely uninvolved in the street violence we've been seeing. Yeah right. This is Anonymous/4chan M.O., and it and "Antifa" are fake labels which white nationalists are using to cloak their violent plans.
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#8I would be curious to see how they differentiate between a DDoS and a sudden influx of traffic from new sources, possibly including sources hiding behind tor/vpns/whatever.
To be clear, I'm sure Cloudflare is pretty good at determining what is an attack and what is not, I'm just interested in the technical details.
Re: Anti-racism sites hit by wave of cyber-attacks
#9Anti-racism sites are being knocked offline... and some people still think that white nationalists and nazi's are completely uninvolved in the street violence we've been seeing. Yeah right. This is Anonymous/4chan M.O., and it and "Antifa" are fake labels which white nationalists are using to cloak their violent plans.
Some people (countries?) just want chaos
Re: Anti-racism sites hit by wave of cyber-attacks
#10I feel bad for Cloudflare saying this, but I really think this shows we need to democratize DDoS protection. It's become essentially mandatory if you're running a site which might face controversy, and in the long term I'm not sure we can rely on the continued goodwill of a handful of companies to make sure it's widely available.