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Matt Drudge suggests U.S. government cyberattack on Drudge Report website
The Washington Times ^ | 12/29/16 | Victor Morton

Posted on 12/29/2016 6:21:32 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo

Matt Drudge wondered aloud Thursday evening whether his popular site was the object of a U.S. government cyberattack.

Via the Twitter account for his Drudge Report, he said his news-aggregation site is the victim of the “biggest DDoS since site’s inception,” referring to a Distributed Denial of Service attack.

“Is the US government attacking DRUDGE REPORT?” he asked, adding that there was “VERY suspicious routing [and timing].”

In a later tweet, Mr. Drudge said the “Attacking [was] coming from ‘thousands’ of sources. Of course none of them traceable to Fort Meade,” referring to the Maryland base that houses the headquarters of United States Cyber Command and the National Security Agency.

Mr. Drudge’s news-aggregation site was one of the highest-profile outlets to take a favorable tack on Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drudge; drudgecyberattack; drudgeddos; drudgehacked; drudgereport; hack
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1 posted on 12/29/2016 6:21:32 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Now that I believe!
2 posted on 12/29/2016 6:23:32 PM PST by TigersEye (Congratulations, President Donald J. Trump! - Let's MAGA!!!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Was the first thing I thought of

The Obama scum wouldn’t hesitate

Stalinists are like that


3 posted on 12/29/2016 6:23:45 PM PST by Regulator
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Obama did say he was going to order a cyberattack.


4 posted on 12/29/2016 6:23:52 PM PST by thoughtomator (Purple: the color of sedition)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

They already caught Obama’s Homeland Security hacking into voter registration records.

Now that I’m thinking about it, I remember several journalists having their computers hacked by Obama’s government a number of years ago.


5 posted on 12/29/2016 6:24:11 PM PST by marron
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Obama didn't want this on the front page, being viewed by millions:


6 posted on 12/29/2016 6:25:00 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I believe you, Matt.
I’ll bet Zuckerberg knows something about how this can be done, and Zuckerberg just loves the Obamas!


7 posted on 12/29/2016 6:25:16 PM PST by lee martell
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I’d believe Matt EONS before I’d trust the current Prez.

If Matt so much as WONDERS about it, well, I’m convinced.


8 posted on 12/29/2016 6:25:53 PM PST by gaijin
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To: gaijin

Because Matt is a lot more in tune than Obie will EVER be.


9 posted on 12/29/2016 6:27:44 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Merry Christmas!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I think our government is involved in attacking a variety of conservative or anti-government activity on the internet.


10 posted on 12/29/2016 6:27:45 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: SkyPilot

That may have been O’s breaking point. He was speechless, except for the non-stop stuttering. “Druh-Druh-Druh-Druh-Drudge! Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah-I have had enough!!!”


11 posted on 12/29/2016 6:28:16 PM PST by lee martell
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To: SaraJohnson

We’re next. I truly believe it.

I better make another donation to FR ahead of the FReepathon in January.


12 posted on 12/29/2016 6:29:24 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Merry Christmas!)
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To: Regulator
Big ears did it. 😩
13 posted on 12/29/2016 6:29:25 PM PST by ptsal
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Interesting ALERT!

HOORAY Matt Drudge


14 posted on 12/29/2016 6:29:57 PM PST by PGalt (CONGRATULATIONS Donald J. Trump)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I wonder if the DoS traffic is coming through anonymous proxy servers that prevent tracing the source?


15 posted on 12/29/2016 6:29:58 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: SkyPilot

16 posted on 12/29/2016 6:31:02 PM PST by Grampa Dave (You can't shame liberals because, they don't understand the concept of honor and decency!It w)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Obama


17 posted on 12/29/2016 6:31:28 PM PST by umgud (ban all infidelaphobics)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

FR Reminder:

Matt showed up in-person to TWO different FreeRepublic national events.

Matt has helped us A LOT.


18 posted on 12/29/2016 6:31:28 PM PST by gaijin
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Obama has a lot to get done and only 21 days left to do it.

The first thing Trump should do is order a complete investigation of Obama’s evil regime. He should give it real teeth with real consequences for those who think they can play like Lois Lerner with investigators.

Enough is enough from these creeps.


19 posted on 12/29/2016 6:31:42 PM PST by Bullish
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

It may surprise you to hear this but nobody cares about FR. This place isn’t even close to being subversive enough to be a problem to the powers that be.

The days when FR was an idea generation factory are well behind us.

FR may be on the conservative side of the Overton Window but it’s still safely ensconced within it. As long as it is, it is no threat to anyone.


20 posted on 12/29/2016 6:32:10 PM PST by thoughtomator (Purple: the color of sedition)
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