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by beermonster 1925 days ago
Often a DDoS is used as a smokescreen/cover for an actual compromise. I guess the hope is that it gets unnoticed in all the noise and whilst all hands are busy at the pumps. Hope not!

I see in their status page that OCSP endpoints are also impacted. There could be any number of motivations including interfering with someone's ability to check if a certificate has been revoked.