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by sk3tch 4803 days ago
How certain are you guys that it wasn't the sheer levels of traffic due to the ongoing Boston situation?
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alienth 4803 days ago
Certain beyond any shadow of doubt.
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jordn 4803 days ago
What are the indicators that this is a malicious DDoS attack rather than just unprecedented traffic from interest in the Boston manhunt?

Also, what reason is there for a DDoS attack on Reddit right now?

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alienth 4803 days ago
They're slamming over 20x our normal bandwidth with URL containing things such as "boston", "your_gay", etc.
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salimmadjd 4803 days ago
Maybe government doesn't want redditers countering their official narrative regarding the suspects
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Sayter 4803 days ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5570670
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