I cannot give additional info other than what’s been on “public media”.

However, I would very much like to say that this is a horrific trend on the 
Internet. The idea that someone can mention a DDoS then get DDoS’ed Can Not 
Stand. See Krebs’ on the Democratization of Censorship. See lots of other 
things.

To Dyn and everyone else being attacked:
The community is behind you. There are problems, but if we stick together, we 
can beat these miscreants.

To the miscreants:
You will not succeed. Search "churchill on the beaches”. It’s a bit 
melodramatic, but it’s how I feel at this moment.

To the rest of the community:
If you can help, please do. I know a lot of you are thinking “what can I do?" 
There is a lot you can do. BCP38 & BCP84 instantly come to mind. Sure, that 
doesn’t help Mirai, but it still helps. There are many other things you can do 
as well.

But a lot of it is just willingness to help. When someone asks you to help 
trace an attack, do not let the request sit for a while. Damage is being done. 
Help your neighbor. When someone’s house is burning, your current project, your 
lunch break, whatever else you are doing is almost certainly less important. If 
we stick together and help each other, we can - we WILL - win this war. If we 
are apathetic, we have already lost.


OK, enough motivational speaking for today. But take this to heart. Our biggest 
problem is people thinking they cannot or do not want to help.

-- 
TTFN,
patrick

> On Oct 21, 2016, at 10:55 AM, Chris Grundemann <cgrundem...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have any additional details? Seems to be over now, but I'm very
> curious about the specifics of such a highly impactful attack (and it's
> timing following NANOG 68)...
> 
> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/ddos-on-dyn-impacts-twitter-spotify-reddit/
> 
> -- 
> @ChrisGrundemann
> http://chrisgrundemann.com

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