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Why Anonymous Can't Take Down Amazon.com

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can't-imagine dept.

suraj.sun writes "The website-attacking group 'Anonymous' tried and failed to take down Amazon.com on Thursday. The group's vengeance horde quickly found out something techies have known for years: Amazon, which has built one of the world's most invincible websites, is almost impossible to crash.... Anonymous quickly figured that out. Less than an hour after setting its sights on Amazon, the group's organizers called off the attempt. 'We don't have enough forces,' they tweeted."

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  1. Re:FFS by oldspewey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wasn't Waterloo exactly like this, except for the fact it was completely different?

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  2. Re:Its only because... by Mongoose+Disciple · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should be tossing hamsters or other small rodents into their server rooms. That'll show em.

    Sure, but it's awfully hard to do that from your mom's basement.

  3. They were hoping for the ultimate Amazon punishmen by Megahard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Death by snu-snu

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  4. Re:FFS by tuffy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Have these guys ever disrupted any company significantly? TFA mentions they've taken down the RIAA, MPAA and Mastercard front pages, but none of those have affected their core businesses. It seems like in order to have a Waterloo, they would first need to have some real accomplishments beforehand.

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  5. Re:Its only because... by SethThresher · · Score: 5, Funny

    Instead of new server rack, package contained bobcats. Would not buy again.

  6. Annonymous is legion... by Rhacman · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...for sufficiently small values of 'legion'.

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  7. I can confirm - Mastercard SecureCode WAS affected by plaukas+pyragely · · Score: 5, Informative

    We are using online payment services from SagePay in UK and almost all Mastercard transactions during the DDOS failed. Mastercard SecureCode was affected. No doubt they deny it to the press since it's quite a shame compared to Visa which had no problems with payments during DDOS.

  8. Re:FFS by silverglade00 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, it's not a dictionary-based attack...