Matt Drudge suggests U.S. government cyberattack on Drudge Report website

The Washington Times ^ | 12/29/16 | Victor Morton

[arthurus]

And her name is ANGELA MERKEL.

[petitfour]

Hillary must have thrown a lot of ashtrays at a lot of people. She is MAD.

But really, these people are scary about the lengths they will go to get their way.

[QualityMan]

Sheryl atkinsson.

[GOPJ]

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.

Drudge should be more worried about the Department of Homeland Security doing the hacking. They're the group that went after Georgia's election group...

[Lazamataz]

Oh, to connect the dots: As regard the report they put out tonight, I wrote:

---

Ok.

So, I’m a computer developer with security programming training, specifically, Federal training.

THIS IS INDEED A LAME GARBAGE REPORT.

There is ZERO offered evidence any of this was Russian in origin, and merely details pretty industry-standard best practices and talks about very common attacks.

One particular one popped out at me: XSS. Cross Site Scripting. GOOD GOD, YOU PEOPLE HAVEN’T HARDENED AGAINST SIMPLE SCRIPT-KIDDY ATTACKS??? This attack is the simplest to carry out, and the simplest to defend against.

This ‘report’ is a litany of incompetance and half of the space is taken up with the industry’s ‘best practices’ in defending against attacks.

And not ONE LICK of evidence Russia was involved.

Not ONE LICK.

---

Please use whatever ‘juice’ you have, offsite, and get this message before as much of the public as you can.

[GOPJ]

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

Tell me what you're thinking... You've got a theory here Cllimber.

[virgil]

I wouldn’t be surprised. They’re probably the ones who hacked the DNC too. All the Russia stuff is made up. Jackasses.

[Lazamataz]

I've seen that. You and LS are National Treasures for sure.

Well, thank you sir, but ego is my enemy, so I like to remind myself (and others) that I'm just an a-hole with a keyboard.

[marron]

I remember her, but there were also others as I recall.

Just can’t remember details, but I bet some here do. :)

[PrairieDawg]

But Laz, most of your cites involve "would Laz hit that?"... :-D

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[antidisestablishment]

Tell that to the pizzagate sleepers. Seems more than a few are still interested in a few taboo subjects.

[MountainDad]

I'm just an a-hole with a keyboard.
lol. No. It's much more than that!

[Lazamataz]

Heh heh... :)

[Inyo-Mono]

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

Sad, but true.

[Lazamataz]

lol. No. It's much more than that!

So I'm a bigger a-hole than I originally suspected!

Uh oh...

[PrairieDawg]

Didn’t Podesta use something like “passw0rd” as his password and fail to change it when someone pointed out that wasn’t secure? Darn near anyone could hack that, even a non IA/Security+ guy like me.

[Lazamataz]

+1

[MountainDad]

So I'm a bigger a-hole than I originally suspected! Yep! Please add me to your count-down ping list!

[Lazamataz]

LOL! Will do!

[virgil]

I dread the thought of the globalist lefty crew ever getting into power again. It will be bad. I really think Trump is our last chance. We’ve got to make it count.