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just_some_user 40 minutes ago [-]
The actual interesting part about such an attack is not that something is down, but rather why someone would run it.
A lot of DDoS originates from script kiddies, but such attacks are usually very short lived as attacks are expensive.
So which actor would actually benefit from downing the Norwegian government?
Retr0id 31 minutes ago [-]
DDoS tends to be monetised as DDoS-as-a-service. Taking down "significant" services is good advertising. Either that, or they plan to extort the Norwegian government.
just_some_user 26 minutes ago [-]
But for such a "proof of power" a short attack which takes the service down once is enough, long attacks are not so common and actually require some work from the attacker
devin 17 minutes ago [-]
Unless part of the social proof is that mitigation is more difficult.
Retr0id 18 minutes ago [-]
If the attack doesn't last long, bystanders can't know whether it was trivially mitigated by the victim.
A shorter attack won't make as many news headlines, either.
roflmaostc 35 minutes ago [-]
is there actually any source those attacks are really done by "script kiddies"?
More likely this more politically motivated and backed up by money and more capable groups
just_some_user 25 minutes ago [-]
Yes, thats what I meant
InTheArena 36 minutes ago [-]
What do they benefit from taking down any government, NGO or civic work program? American systems, as well as larger European systems are constantly attacked. I've seen the same traffic. Fire walling off China, North Korea and smaller eastern European countries is a must if you ever plan to expose any internet exposed services.
giwook 30 minutes ago [-]
Probably a country that lost to Norway in the World Cup.
cantalopes 32 minutes ago [-]
Imo russia most likely
tuatoru 31 minutes ago [-]
The UK. It wants to steal Norway's vast stores of electricity.
Crunchified 7 minutes ago [-]
"vast stores of electricity"?
iwontberude 37 minutes ago [-]
those script kiddies control botnets in foreign countries and use them to attack stuff just bc. its not their compute, so no marginal cost to them
aaron695 8 minutes ago [-]
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cynicalsecurity 35 minutes ago [-]
Really, you have no one in mind? Someone who is sending hundreds of bombing drones daily to Ukraine, killing civilian population, women and children, and who is eager to send a message to NATO countries any way possible?
motbus3 30 minutes ago [-]
That is much less effective than every other manner they tested on the past few years such as shadow fleets, ghost satellites etc.
Up to the moment it has not been the operation adopted which would make it weird.
On who would do it then, anyone who benefits from instability. From corporations trying to sell flocked uped sytems, politicians, etc.
There is one south american country who was attacked exactly this way before their head of the government was kidnapped.
spapas82 7 minutes ago [-]
Would the attack be successful is the Norwegian government used a way to protect itself against ddos like cloudflare or akamai?
p0w3n3d 50 minutes ago [-]
There has been also DDoS against my friend's employer ISP. He had to work a lot to mitigate. There was a random request before
leke 29 minutes ago [-]
The bus card ride purchase system was down today in my part of Finland. I wonder if it is related.
kachnuv_ocasek 33 minutes ago [-]
Bets on which AI lab it is this time?
AtNightWeCode 18 minutes ago [-]
Many important services with problems. Ouch. My guess is that the root cause is misconfiguration rather than an attack.
roschdal 31 minutes ago [-]
The Internet was supposed to withstand a nuclear attack
buildbot 19 minutes ago [-]
"The internet" is currently fine, besides Norwegian government services.
Also something designed to withstand something does not imply it survives other somethings.
pprotas 27 minutes ago [-]
Guess a nuclear attack would actually lessen the load on the global internet, rather than increase it - like a DDOS would!
vee-kay 10 minutes ago [-]
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nubg 47 minutes ago [-]
putler?
motbus3 26 minutes ago [-]
Could be, but it does not look like any of the ways they done before.
Anyone who benefits from instability would be at win, from internal political competition, foreign companies trying to sell flocked up systems and the list could be huge.
Not saying it was not who you think it was, Im just saying it does not have enough information yet to be the only explanation or at least the most obvious one.
cyanydeez 45 minutes ago [-]
could just be openai.
coffinbirth 25 minutes ago [-]
Your comment is dumb and disgusting. You're comparing Putin with Hitler, thereby showing that you don't know that relatives of Putin were killed by Hitler's troops, e.g. his brother during the siege of Leningrad (1+ million civilians killed), his grandmother was killed as a civilian, his uncles perished during frontline service and his father was severely wounded[1].
By the way, numerous high ranking German politicians regularly also do this kind of comparison, showing the lack of knowledge about the history of their own country. Can anyone show me JUST A SINGLE MEMORIAL in Germany for the 20+ million (lower bound estimate) people killed on the eastern front? Yes, there is one in the heart of Berlin, which the Soviets built in 1945!
I immediately knew that you are an U.S. American, because of you total lack of knowledge about European history. It's always the same old story, Americans and their lack of education about global topics.
indemnity 15 minutes ago [-]
Maybe you should stop invading other countries if these comparisons hurt your feelings buddy.
coffinbirth 5 minutes ago [-]
I always find it unbelievable how people do not know or just forget about what happened in the east 85 years ago. Really sad. This is one of the primary reasons why people in the west don't understand why Russia cannot accept Ukraine in NATO. It was NATO that expanded to the east, contrary to the agreements after the fall of the Soviet Union. Russia said for decades that Ukraine in NATO is unacceptable.
A shorter attack won't make as many news headlines, either.
More likely this more politically motivated and backed up by money and more capable groups
Up to the moment it has not been the operation adopted which would make it weird.
On who would do it then, anyone who benefits from instability. From corporations trying to sell flocked uped sytems, politicians, etc.
There is one south american country who was attacked exactly this way before their head of the government was kidnapped.
Also something designed to withstand something does not imply it survives other somethings.
Not saying it was not who you think it was, Im just saying it does not have enough information yet to be the only explanation or at least the most obvious one.
By the way, numerous high ranking German politicians regularly also do this kind of comparison, showing the lack of knowledge about the history of their own country. Can anyone show me JUST A SINGLE MEMORIAL in Germany for the 20+ million (lower bound estimate) people killed on the eastern front? Yes, there is one in the heart of Berlin, which the Soviets built in 1945!
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_of_Vladimir_Putin
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