Comment on The world we live in. I'm sure we will see someone bragging on the dark web
The_Tired_Horizon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Control of information is the real power.
Look at every dictatorship. Look at extremism. Look at wife beaters ffs. If someone is trying to DDOS the Internet Archive then someone is trying to mess with the free flow of information.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
A doubt it. If someone wanted to do real harm they would launch a more traditional attack
maynarkh@feddit.nl 4 months ago
DDoS is the most traditional brute force attack you can hit a website with.
Setting fire to the servers is trickier.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
They could target an employee Inna phishing email or leave USB drives on the doorstep
ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Again, a lot more work than a ddos