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Sun Nov-28-10 10:40 AM
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| 1. Wikileaks should have released that stuff last night. |
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But I'm sure this DOS attack comes as no surprise and they have a plan A, B, C, and D.
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| -Wikileaks: We are currently under a mass distributed denial of service attack. |
Turborama |
Nov-28-10 10:38 AM |
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Wikileaks should have released that stuff last night. |
Catherina |
Nov-28-10 10:40 AM |
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THEY ARE OUT!! |
BetsysGhost |
Nov-28-10 01:54 PM |
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And the state department calls Wikileaks "irresponsible". Ah, sure, ok. |
gtar100 |
Nov-28-10 02:21 PM |
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+ 1. n/t |
truedelphi |
Nov-28-10 03:54 PM |
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Gee, who could have predicted this? nt |
bemildred |
Nov-28-10 10:43 AM |
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+1 |
xchrom |
Nov-28-10 10:45 AM |
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We'll see how long it lasts and how powerful US government hackers are. |
Kablooie |
Nov-28-10 01:29 PM |
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Three major news outlets already have the leaks. |
ananda |
Nov-28-10 10:46 AM |
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They just posted a little Q&A FAQ about them, FWIW. But they and the... |
Poll_Blind |
Nov-28-10 10:47 AM |
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Oh boy |
notesdev |
Nov-28-10 10:48 AM |
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Yep, it's kind of a "tell" that they are doing it at all. |
bemildred |
Nov-28-10 10:55 AM |
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but but... if you haven't done anything bad, you have nothing to hide, right!? |
villager |
Nov-28-10 03:18 PM |
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Just seems dumb to me. |
bemildred |
Nov-28-10 03:46 PM |
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Nov-28-10 11:00 AM |
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"The people" likely involved in this attack is likely us |
obxhead |
Nov-28-10 01:25 PM |
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Or millions of people attempting to access a heavily promoted site |
jberryhill |
Nov-28-10 02:32 PM |
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... or too wrong. |
liberation |
Nov-28-10 07:17 PM |
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If the information is already out there via bitorrent, then this attack is completely pointless. |
superduperfarleft |
Nov-28-10 10:49 AM |
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Just one more step, it never ends. What freedom of information? n/t |
Paper Roses |
Nov-28-10 10:55 AM |
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Wikileaks 'hacked ahead of secret US document release' |
cal04 |
Nov-28-10 10:59 AM |
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DDOS is 4chan stuff. |
Pavulon |
Nov-28-10 11:00 AM |
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Who do you think is doing it? |
bemildred |
Nov-28-10 11:06 AM |
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That's a good point |
pscot |
Nov-28-10 04:58 PM |
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Well, it's a long list, but they have to be dumb too. |
bemildred |
Nov-28-10 05:16 PM |
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That's OK - take a deep breath |
RaleighNCDUer |
Nov-28-10 11:14 AM |
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This is going to be a case of the pot and the kettle, a bunch of them actually. |
patrice |
Nov-28-10 01:48 PM |
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Two words: Plausible deniability |
jaybeat |
Nov-28-10 11:25 AM |
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"we" CAN'T 'pull the plug' |
ProudDad |
Nov-28-10 12:09 PM |
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Sure we can. |
jeff47 |
Nov-28-10 02:26 PM |
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The DNS root servers are private |
ProudDad |
Nov-28-10 02:53 PM |
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The money to run them comes from the Department of Commerce |
jeff47 |
Nov-28-10 03:02 PM |
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By the numbers: |
boppers |
Nov-29-10 01:21 AM |
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A chart: |
boppers |
Nov-29-10 12:57 AM |
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'we' could gin up a rape crisis too! |
Warren Stupidity |
Nov-28-10 11:33 AM |
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that would be a bit revealing |
ShamelessHussy |
Nov-28-10 11:57 AM |
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Interesting that you are the only DU'er to bring up that Rape bs. |
go west young man |
Nov-28-10 12:09 PM |
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You mean you think people on DU are here only to cast |
davidwparker |
Nov-28-10 03:00 PM |
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Swiss pass law to expel non citizen criminals. One more nation off the list |
Pavulon |
Nov-28-10 03:58 PM |
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I didn't think he was convicted yet? |
erikdane |
Nov-28-10 04:44 PM |
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And if he was convicted? |
Lars77 |
Nov-28-10 04:58 PM |
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I'd bet it's the US trying to utilize their government hackers. |
Kablooie |
Nov-28-10 01:40 PM |
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Hey when you get bored, look up the guys who wrote IOS and JUNOS |
Pavulon |
Nov-28-10 03:48 PM |
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Here: |
Hissyspit |
Nov-28-10 10:05 PM |
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Some of you need to take a nap. Too much movie and fantasy. |
kgnu_fan |
Nov-28-10 11:04 AM |
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Nov-28-10 11:04 AM |
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Memo to Fascist National Security Apparatus |
ProudDad |
Nov-28-10 12:05 PM |
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Backed up elsewhere, left, right and centre |
dipsydoodle |
Nov-28-10 12:46 PM |
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Wikileaks: Tomorrow's Der Spiegel's cover today... |
Turborama |
Nov-28-10 12:06 PM |
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Here you go! |
JDPriestly |
Nov-28-10 12:21 PM |
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Ghaddafi -- has a buxom blond as his nurse |
dipsydoodle |
Nov-28-10 12:44 PM |
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Thank you! |
Turborama |
Nov-28-10 01:41 PM |
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We live in a country in which |
NYMdaveNYI |
Nov-28-10 12:33 PM |
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+1000 |
ProudDad |
Nov-28-10 01:17 PM |
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Amen to that... |
micraphone |
Nov-28-10 01:30 PM |
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+1~ |
patrice |
Nov-28-10 01:44 PM |
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It kind of sounds like just that. |
midnight |
Nov-28-10 02:07 PM |
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+1 |
davidwparker |
Nov-28-10 03:04 PM |
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Where was he when Bush was leading us into this war? |
high density |
Nov-28-10 03:21 PM |
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Please Post That As A Separate Thread. It Deserves Its Own |
Dinger |
Nov-28-10 03:54 PM |
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'Tis a separate thread. It's currently on the homepage |
NYMdaveNYI |
Nov-29-10 09:08 AM |
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my apologies but how exactly does most of these diplomatic releases |
Bodhi BloodWave |
Nov-28-10 05:32 PM |
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+1 |
harun |
Nov-28-10 05:33 PM |
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The PTB are going all out to stop the truth from getting out. |
Odin2005 |
Nov-28-10 01:20 PM |
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Would WikiLeaks be leaking if RepubliCONS had played START straight? The World is TIRED of our SHIT! |
patrice |
Nov-28-10 01:42 PM |
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Yep |
ProudDad |
Nov-28-10 01:46 PM |
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Either way, I hope this puts a stop to the crap that's going on over those baby-nukes in START. nt |
patrice |
Nov-28-10 01:50 PM |
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Phone Sen. Jon Kyl 202-224-4521 tell him yout tired too! |
WHEN CRABS ROAR |
Nov-28-10 03:14 PM |
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Thank you very much. You are a good person! nt |
patrice |
Nov-28-10 05:37 PM |
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Um...this is likely self-inflicted |
jeff47 |
Nov-28-10 02:17 PM |
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There's a difference betwen a server getting slammed and a DDoS attack. |
KamaAina |
Nov-28-10 02:27 PM |
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All we have is a tweet from their "PR department" |
jeff47 |
Nov-28-10 02:29 PM |
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Here: |
Hissyspit |
Nov-28-10 10:02 PM |
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I put my comment in that thread |
jeff47 |
Nov-28-10 11:07 PM |
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I saw it. Yes... |
Hissyspit |
Nov-28-10 11:20 PM |
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O RLY? |
jberryhill |
Nov-28-10 02:35 PM |
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Here: |
Hissyspit |
Nov-28-10 10:02 PM |
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. |
Hissyspit |
Nov-28-10 10:04 PM |
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Did they violate rule 1 and 2? |
AngryAmish |
Nov-28-10 02:20 PM |
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Us Pays Hackers??????? |
DreamSmoker |
Nov-28-10 02:42 PM |
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Better to hire hackers than throw them in jail. |
RoccoR5955 |
Nov-28-10 04:01 PM |
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Play with fire, you are bound to get burned. |
jonthebru |
Nov-28-10 02:43 PM |
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I'm pretty sure the entire midEast is trying to log on. |
aquart |
Nov-28-10 03:55 PM |
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Walk in the park for the NSA or CIA... |
Clear Blue Sky |
Nov-28-10 04:41 PM |
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Like a master chief serving you prego and limp pasta |
Pavulon |
Nov-28-10 04:52 PM |
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True. Maybe some freelancing high school geek. |
Clear Blue Sky |
Nov-28-10 07:19 PM |
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This Only Delays the Inevitable |
fascisthunter |
Nov-28-10 05:22 PM |
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The righties are already spinning this as .... |
humbled_opinion |
Nov-28-10 05:54 PM |
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Have they provided any evidence of a DDOS |
Riftaxe |
Nov-28-10 06:02 PM |
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UPDATE: |
Hissyspit |
Nov-28-10 10:06 PM |
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Lulz |
jberryhill |
Nov-28-10 11:11 PM |
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I wonder why THAT happened? |
sabrina 1 |
Nov-29-10 02:44 AM |
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