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Three Days in August: What a DDoS Attack Exposed in Our Network

19 points · 25 comments · nine_ch

  1. jareklupinski · · focus · HN ↗
    > There was no unauthorised access and no compromised systems. This was an overload attack, not an intrusion.

    "AI said it's all good. There are no attackers within our walls."

    1. ErroneousBosh · · focus · HN ↗
      I sometimes work on a system so byzantine and poorly-documented with so many horribly obsolete systems - they have Windows XP machines all over the place - that there's no way it hasn't been popped.

      I think it's safe though.

      I think various groups have popped it, taken a look around with growing expressions of horror on their faces, and gotten back out as quickly as they could. Nah man, no way, not touching that, don't want my prints on this particular gun, there's no way this is legitimately how they've left it, this has to be some kind of a setup.

      1. BLKNSLVR · · focus · HN ↗
        Security by obsolescence layered with security by complexity.
        1. cube00 · · focus · HN ↗
          Enterprise security in depth.
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