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Russia's Yandex says it repelled biggest DDoS attack in history (reuters.com)
11 points by rzhikharevich 1741 days ago
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jszymborski 1741 days ago
So what is the motivation behind DDoS attacks like this? Are they issuing ransoms?
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rzhikharevich 1737 days ago
Probably trying to demonstrate the power of some botnet to advertise it.
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seppoonbi 1741 days ago
So this is probably why my yandex mail did not work yesterday at all. Error message gave no information.
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