GoDaddy Goes Down, Anonymous Claims Responsibility

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GoDaddy Goes Down, Anonymous Claims Responsibility

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 10, 2012 @07:20AM from the protect-ya-neck dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A member of the Anonymous hacktivist group appears to have taken down GoDaddy with a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). The widespread issue seems to be affecting countless websites and services around the world, although not for everyone. Godaddy.com is down, but so are some of the site's DNS servers, which means GoDaddy hosted e-mail accounts are down as well, and lots more. It's currently unclear if the servers are being unresponsive or if they are completely offline. Either way, the result is that if your DNS is hosted on GoDaddy, your site may also look as if it is down, because it cannot resolve."

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This is big by Terry+Pearson · 2012-09-10 07:23 · Score: 5, Funny

I was just noticing the large number of sites that are down. I hope it gets resolved soon!
1. Re:This is big by Riddler+Sensei · 2012-09-10 07:32 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I hope it gets resolved soon!
  *bah dum tish*?
2. Re:This is big by houstonbofh · 2012-09-10 08:06 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  There has also been a huge reduction is spam and crap e-mail on technical mailing lists. So I am kinda mixed on how soon I want them to fix it.
Someone should email them by sl4shd0rk · 2012-09-10 07:35 · Score: 4, Funny

you know, to let them know their network is down.

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Danica OK by trevc · 2012-09-10 07:36 · Score: 2, Funny

The important question that needs to be answered; is Danica Patrick OK?
Re:You think this is a Game? by h4rr4r · 2012-09-10 07:40 · Score: 3, Funny

Citation needed
Perhaps a link to a document on their web site :)
Re:It was NOT Anonymous. by kaizendojo · 2012-09-10 07:44 · Score: 5, Funny

So an Anonymous Coward comments that this was NOT Anonymous, but Anonymous member AnonymousOwn3r??!?

Should I beleive *ANY* of this or what???
Re:Glad I moved my domains by GoodNewsJimDotCom · 2012-09-10 07:59 · Score: 4, Funny

Yep. I moved from Godaddy when they supported SOPA too.

All seriousness aside: By looking at the scantily clad women they advertise with, is it any surprise they go down?

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Re:You think this is a Game? by MachDelta · 2012-09-10 08:01 · Score: 5, Funny

You're the roofer on the Death Star.
B-but... it's a sphere? How? Where... does the roof? I... i'm so confused.... Shouldn't he also be the, uh, waller... and flooring guy...? My childhood... crumbling... Nnooooooooooooo!
Oh well, at least I still have Clerks...
Re:"Activism" by vlm · 2012-09-10 08:05 · Score: 4, Funny

Hmm, attacking innocent people at random, could have sworn there was some other word for that...
"US Military Drone Attack" Hmm thats 4 words.
"Civil forfeiture" Hmm 2 words.
"Obama" or "Bush" ? Yeah I founds it.

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Re:Glad I moved my domains by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-10 08:10 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm not moving my site. I will not be bullied around. I'm sticking with Godaddy and seeing this through. Besides, my site is only one narrow aspect of my online presence including social media and an image host/seller.
And Stockholm Syndrome sets in ...
Re:Bob Parsons quote by thePowerOfGrayskull · 2012-09-10 08:20 · Score: 4, Funny

I was going to be all like "citation required" and shit, but then I looked and I found this:
Bob Parsons' 16 Rules
(Yes. It's down at time of writing. That's the joke.)
Re:Glad I moved my domains by girlintraining · 2012-09-10 08:43 · Score: 5, Funny

All seriousness aside: By looking at the scantily clad women they advertise with, is it any surprise they go down?
I think those scantily clad women are very disappointed it can't stay up as well.

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