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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 sites 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. Drudges news-aggregation site was one of the highest-profile outlets to take a favorable tack on Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drudge; drudgecyberattack; drudgeddos; drudgehacked; drudgereport; hack
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To: Bogie
And her name is ANGELA MERKEL.
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posted on
12/29/2016 7:00:01 PM PST
by
arthurus
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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.
42
posted on
12/29/2016 7:00:06 PM PST
by
petitfour
(Americans need to repent.)
To: Chickensoup
43
posted on
12/29/2016 7:01:11 PM PST
by
QualityMan
(I will not comply.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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...
44
posted on
12/29/2016 7:01:15 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(Anyone remember New York Times CRYBULLIES calling for 'moderation' when Obama was elected '08?)
To: thoughtomator
Oh, to connect the dots: As regard the report they put out tonight, I wrote:
Ok.
So, Im 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 HAVENT 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 industrys 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.
45
posted on
12/29/2016 7:01:57 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
To: MtnClimber
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.
46
posted on
12/29/2016 7:03:55 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(Anyone remember New York Times CRYBULLIES calling for 'moderation' when Obama was elected '08?)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I wouldn’t be surprised. They’re probably the ones who hacked the DNC too. All the Russia stuff is made up. Jackasses.
47
posted on
12/29/2016 7:04:26 PM PST
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them.)
To: MountainDad
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.
48
posted on
12/29/2016 7:04:58 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
To: Chickensoup
I remember her, but there were also others as I recall.
Just can’t remember details, but I bet some here do. :)
49
posted on
12/29/2016 7:07:33 PM PST
by
marron
To: Lazamataz
But Laz, most of your cites involve "would Laz hit that?"... :-D
Sorry, couldn't resist.
50
posted on
12/29/2016 7:07:58 PM PST
by
PrairieDawg
(#NeverHillary or Warren or Biden or ...)
To: thoughtomator
Tell that to the pizzagate sleepers. Seems more than a few are still interested in a few taboo subjects.
51
posted on
12/29/2016 7:09:04 PM PST
by
antidisestablishment
( We few, we happy few, we basket of deplorables)
To: Lazamataz
I'm just an a-hole with a keyboard.
lol. No. It's much more than that!
52
posted on
12/29/2016 7:12:20 PM PST
by
MountainDad
(A strong man stands up for himself. A stronger man stands up for others. Support your local militia.)
To: PrairieDawg
53
posted on
12/29/2016 7:12:44 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
To: thoughtomator
The days when FR was an idea generation factory are well behind us.Sad, but true.
To: MountainDad
lol. No. It's much more than that!So I'm a bigger a-hole than I originally suspected!
Uh oh...
55
posted on
12/29/2016 7:13:34 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
To: Lazamataz
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.
56
posted on
12/29/2016 7:15:21 PM PST
by
PrairieDawg
(#Drain The Swamp)
To: PrairieDawg
57
posted on
12/29/2016 7:16:20 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
To: Lazamataz
So I'm a bigger a-hole than I originally suspected! Yep! Please add me to your count-down ping list!
58
posted on
12/29/2016 7:17:51 PM PST
by
MountainDad
(A strong man stands up for himself. A stronger man stands up for others. Support your local militia.)
To: MountainDad
59
posted on
12/29/2016 7:18:57 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
To: petitfour
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.
60
posted on
12/29/2016 7:22:14 PM PST
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them.)
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