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[Orien]

Wikileaks was briefly taken down by a large-scale DDoS attack that bombarded the site's servers. It is back up after migrating to Amazon's cloud.

http://arstechnica.com/security/news...ssive-ddos.ars

I thought this was interesting.

[elvis1]

interesting.. AFAIK, they were in a french hosting for a while


edit: weird thing is that the cablegate link does not load .

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[Yujin]

Originally Posted by Orien

http://arstechnica.com/security/news...ssive-ddos.ars

I thought this was interesting.

Wow, this is real cyberwar now.

[praboy]

They were in The Planet

[FastServ]

They've been bouncing around on Amazon (San Jose apparently) for close to a week..

[Yujin]

I'm just curious...

In case one day WikiLeaks knocks on your doorstep and sign-up.
Will you accept their subscription? and why?

[mellow-h]

Will you accept their subscription? and why?

Let me answer your question with another question. Why not?

[Coolraul]

Originally Posted by mellow-h

Let me answer your question with another question. Why not?

2 Reasons.

1) I don't agree with what they release on their site and I believe it is just a matter of time before they release something that has true legal ramifications.

2) They will be a magnet for retaliation from everyone.

[Neosurge]

Originally Posted by mellow-h

Let me answer your question with another question. Why not?

Can your infrastructure handle a global and very public target like that?

[Yujin]

Originally Posted by mellow-h

Let me answer your question with another question. Why not?

Maybe you need to ask this first with your DC.

[The_Cow]

Personally, I'm not buying the whole Wikileaks thing tbh.

I see it as a way the US government can tell then world what they really think of everyone and where they stand.

All the information thats been leaked so far has posed no serious real threats and the media is simply focussing on key parts of information purely for hype purposes.

77 domains were pulled by homeland security this week related to warez/counterfeit goods. Wikileaks doesnt get pulled when using Amazon networks, mirroring on US soil, etc...

It seems a little too convenient imho.

[Coolraul]

Originally Posted by The_Cow

Personally, I'm not buying the whole Wikileaks thing tbh.

I see it as a way the US government can tell then world what they really think of everyone and where they stand.

All the information thats been leaked so far has posed no serious real threats and the media is simply focussing on key parts of information purely for hype purposes.

77 domains were pulled by homeland security this week related to warez/counterfeit goods. Wikileaks doesnt get pulled when using Amazon networks, mirroring on US soil, etc...

It seems a little too convenient imho.

Fair enough but every country has secrets. Some are more important than others but some affect negotiations like diplomatic documents. We are all slaves to our egos from time to time and the wrong internal discussion getting out can be taken out of context.

The 77 domains pulled deserved it. You can only enable illegal file sharing for so long before someone does something about it. Or are you questioning if the sites were doing something wrong?

[Coolraul]

By the way, why would wikileaks move to a US hosting company given that the country most pissed at them is the US?

I don't get that thinking. Anywhere else would seem to be better. I imagine someone is checking local US laws to figure out if they can now do something about it.

[Yujin]

Originally Posted by Coolraul

By the way, why would wikileaks move to a US hosting company given that the country most pissed at them is the US?

Provoking the concerned individual I guess.
It's like...come on baby I'm here and near you.

[Gotoitguy]

Here's another view:
Surely, the documents released via Wikileaks are good material and attract the attention of various terrorist organizations. Not only that, certain documents will be redistributed and talked about via the internet.
These documents contain information which is not contained any where else on the internet.

What does this mean?
You have a very unique data set to filter traffic for, and see who's actually talking about the data on US Soil (and surely beyond). This means you can pinpoint intel gathering efforts of any US Based terrorist cell, and possibly acquire enough information to locate the whereabouts of such a cell.

Is the US Government supporting this de-classified document distribution? I don't believe so, but they sure as hell aren't doing anything yet to stop it!

Thanks for reading,
Gotoitguy