Just sounds like a typical visit from LOIC....
On May 4, 2012, at 10:18 AM, EI8FDB wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > While it is a small detail its important - DDoS attacks are mounted in a > different way to a DoS attack. From the vague wording on the Avaaz site it > sounds like a DDoS attack, but since there is no evidence it is not possible > to make > > The wording of the article on Avaaz website is very non-descript and frankly > very smoke and mirrors: > > "under massive attack" > "is likely coming from a government or large corporation" > "massive, simultaneous and sophisticated assaults from across the world to > take down our site" > "top-notch security, our site is still up, but it's not enough" > "take our security to the next level" > > Surely the security expert would want to detail the attack. A comparison to > articles from organisations and companies such as Opennet and Renesys show to > difference in detail given. > > Bernard > > On 4 May 2012, at 18:00, Steve Weis wrote: > >> Hello Andrew. Your article asserts that this attack is happening as fact, >> yet you say that Avaaz did not provide any additional information. Which >> sources and evidence did you base your article on besides Avaaz's own press >> release? >> >> Claims of a "massive attack" are easy to confirm. Avaaz should be able to >> provide detailed logs of the attack, which can be verified by an independent >> security professional and corroborated by their hosting providers. >> >> If this does turn out to be a targeted denial of service attack, that >> certainly doesn't take real expertise or significant resources -- it's cheap >> to rent a botnet. It's a big leap to claim that a state actor or large >> corporation must be behind it. >> >> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Andrew Couts <andrew_co...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Hi - I'm the author of that Digital Trends article. I have repeatedly asked >> Avaaz for more information about the attack, and they have either said >> "We'll know more soon," or completely ignored me. I believe there is simply >> not enough information available yet to make accusations of fraud in the >> press. But I am doing my best to get answers about exactly this. I'll send >> out an update if they respond. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> liberationtech mailing list >> liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu >> >> Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: >> >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >> >> If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click >> above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily >> digest?" >> >> You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator >> in monthly reminders. 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