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Linode Under DDoS Since Christmas (linode.com)
hol writes: Linode has been getting hit with DDoS attacks since Christmas Day, and it looks like their pain is set to continue. The attackers are rotating DDoS traffic through various regions of Linode's service. They say, "All of these attacks have occurred multiple times. Over the course of the last week, we have seen over 30 attacks of significant duration and impact. As we have found ways to mitigate these attacks, the vectors used inevitably change. As of this afternoon, we have mostly hardened ourselves against the above attack vectors, but we expect more to come. ... Once these attacks stop, we plan to share a complete technical explanation about what has been happening." See their status page for updates.
The janitors who run this site can't even be bothered to hyperlink Linode to Wikipedia.
Only the State obtains its revenue by coercion. - Murray Rothbard
These attacks cost money. People don't do them for fun anymore.
You are sadly mistaken.... just b/c attacks cost money, does not mean people do not still launch them willy-nilly ---- you are a hosting provider, and some website you are hosting makes the wrong person or wrong group angry, or they have a political message to send, they may attack the entire provider.
Although, quite often such large-scale attacks are launched, then followed up by "ransom demands", and as long as the target does not pay the huge cash ransom, the attacks continue, And the attacker stands to make much more $$$ from ransom than the attacks would have cost them.
This is becoming a regular problem on /. Article titles and summaries are increasingly assuming that people have the obscure knowledge of the topic to actually care. In this case, who Linode is, what makes Linode important, why this DDoS merits more attention than other attacks, etc.
It used to be that when I saw a title/summary that I was unfamiliar with, I could follow it and expect to learn something from it.
Now I find out that JustAnotherCompany experienced JustAnotherThingThatHappensOnTheInternet.
I googled Linode, so I guess I learned something. Cloud hosting/virtual servers. Are they big fish, little fish, do they host someone big, are they known for something they did in particular? Well, I have better things to do than research it.
This site is run by janitors? That actually explains a lot.
No it doesn't; janitors clean up the shit that overflows everywhere