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Russia's Yandex says it repelled biggest DDoS attack in history
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(reuters.com)
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rzhikharevich
4y ago
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jszymborski
4y ago
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So what is the motivation behind DDoS attacks like this? Are they issuing ransoms?
rzhikharevich
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4y ago
Probably trying to demonstrate the power of some botnet to advertise it.
seppoonbi
4y ago
So this is probably why my yandex mail did not work yesterday at all. Error message gave no information.
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