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BitTorrent Servers Under DDoS Attacks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the under-fire dept.

jZnat writes "CNet News.com reports that popular BitTorrent tracker hosts such as Suprnova and LokiTorrent underwent DDoS attacks on Wednesday (I'll bet you noticed). The culprits are primarily unknown, but these sites were flooded beyond control from the attack. This appears to be striking an interest in revising the BT protocol and Suprnova's interest in making their own protocol."

8 of 352 comments (clear)

  1. Come on by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We all know it's the MPAA and RIAA.

  2. Stinks of RIAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    RIAA adopting Lycos's tactics?

  3. To add insult to injury... by Infinityis · · Score: 5, Funny

    As if that weren't enough, now they'll most certainly feel some variant of the Slashdot effect as people try to check it out. Way to go!

  4. I can see it now... by Infinityis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Future Slashdot headline: Lycos apologizes for wrongly targeted DDoS attacks

  5. Dammit! by halcyon1234 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I knew I shouldn't have installed that new screensaver from the MPAA.

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  6. Re:Small-timers get it too by m00nun1t · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had a look at 127.0.0.1 to see what "videos" you are talking about. There's some really kinky videos there - pervert.

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  7. Re:Netcraft confirms it: by hrm · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can tell slashdot culture is going down the drain when even the trolls can't be bothered to send in a properly updated post.

    Not just you, but the old people in Korea and Soviet Russia are absent as well. And who's imagining beowulf clusters of bittorrent sites these days, even if it's in Japan?

    The ./ posts confirm it: trolling is dying!

  8. Re:Why do you keep mentioning SUPRnova damn it by johannesg · · Score: 5, Funny
    Just to clarify, the site he is talking about is this one. What he is trying to say is this: if the bad guys ever find out about it, they might try to do something stupid and most likely illegal such as performing a DDOS. And we really don't want it to go down, since it is a most excellent source for TV shows, movies, games, and music.

    I guess the first rule of www.suprnova.org is: don't talk about www.suprnova.org.