US Government Attacks Drudge Report? Conservative Website Down Because Of Distributed Denial
Article, # 6 , # 9 .
Thanks, Tilted Irish Kilt.
Posted on 12/29/2016 8:16:41 PM PST by Sub-Driver
US Government Attacks Drudge Report? Conservative Website Down Because Of Distributed Denial Of Service Attack, Matt Drudge Tweets By Cristina Silva @cristymsilva On 12/29/16 AT 8:59 PM
A tweet from conservative media icon Matt Drudge's verified Twitter account Thursday night appeared to accuse the government of interfering with his website, DrudgeReport.com, just hours after the Barack Obama administration announced new sanctions against Russia over election hacking.
"Is the US government attacking DRUDGE REPORT? Biggest DDoS since site's inception. VERY suspicious routing [and timing]," the tweet to Drudge's 457,000 followers read. There were no other tweets from the account at the time.
A large-scale distributed denial of service attack, or DDoS, can cause major Internet disruptions. In the past, such attacks have shut down major websites such as Twitter, Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, Tumblr, and Reddit. The attack sends a server many illegitimate requests to make it hard for real requests to get through, effectively shutting down the site.
Drudge Report was down briefly around 7 p.m. EST, but working hours later. The top headline read: "MOSCOW MOCKS OBAMA 'LAME DUCK'" Meanwhile, the conservative Washington Times wrote: "Matt Drudge suggests U.S. government cyberattack on Drudge Report website. DDoS attack comes same day Obama announced countermeasures against Russia for hacking of Democrats."
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Just now am I able to get to his site!
The Obama regime is a fleeting subset of the U.S. govt and not necessarily limited to it.
They are desperate. They have lost power for the next 50 years. We must be diligent and determined. Screw liberals.
Part of Obama’s anti-Russian and anti-Trump countermeasures.
Huff-Po would loudly cheer this dirty trick, if it did occur.
Any website better realize once this becomes acceptable to do openly to any well established forum, that puts all such websites at risk of being purged.
I think Obama seeing that dopey, helpless little baby duckling labled “Lame Duck”, did him in.
No doubt there was much fist clenching and foot stomping in the Oval Office. Heck, he may have gotten so upset, that he ordered Valerie to bring him a pack of smokes and an ashtray!
Valerie said” You want a pack of Kools?, but Michelle said.... “ Obama quickly interrupts; “I, personally don’t care what Michelle said. I”M the president, not Michelle!!
You got that, Valerie?” Yes, Barrack. I will send Joe Biden to the 711 for some smokes!”
>> We must be diligent and determined.
Indeed.
But Michelle said he is so mature, and an adult in the room,
just before he started stomping his feet, and then having a 'hissey-fit' and tantrum.
Narcissism has consequence !
Can you explain what you mean by 50 years? You mean Supreme Court?
Always suspected Matt was a Russian spy. That hat was a dead give away.
US Government Attacks Drudge Report? Conservative Website Down Because Of Distributed Denial
Article, # 6 , # 9 .
Thanks, Tilted Irish Kilt.
Yeah, but I did hit the dead spot, as I reflexively click on Drudge every 20 minutes or so, even though there’s usually nothing new. When I saw the buzz on FR, I checked again and it was OK.
Just only 500 more hours till he’s gone.
I remember when it was almost THREE THOUSAND DAYS!
Can’t wait!!!
We’re all short-timers now. I can almost walk under doors.
Interesting. Your message is time-stamped (in the page I'm replying to it from) at 10:59. I'm guessing this is CST, since that's how I have my account set.
Anyhooo, as I type this, it's 11:42 CST, and it took Drudge about three minutes to load.
tick tock tick tock - gonna give another update, which is .....
Several times after 11:45 CST, Drudge loaded just tine.
NE Ohio. Can’t get it
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