Apologies to all as the hostname in my subject is incorrect. It should be hostus.us...
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Robert Webb <rwfireg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not sure if it is related to the PokemonGO or not. This started around > 23:00 EDT last night per my monitoring. > > Seems like a pretty big attack at 300Gbps and to also temporarily take a > down a Tier 1 POP in a major city. > > I was interested as to if this might be a botnet or some type of > reflection attack. > > > Robert > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Alain Hebert <aheb...@pubnix.net> wrote: > >> Well, >> >> >> Could it be related to the last 2 days DDoS of PokemonGO (which >> failed) and some other gaming sites (Blizzard and Steam)? >> >> >> And on the subject of CloudFlare, I'm sorry for that CloudFlare >> person that defended their position earlier this week, but there may be >> more hints (unverified) against your statements: >> >> https://twitter.com/xotehpoodle/status/756850023896322048 >> >> That could be explored. >> >> >> On top of which there is hints (unverified) on which is the real bad >> actor behind that new DDoS service: >> >> >> >> http://news.softpedia.com/news/pokemon-go-ddos-attacks-postponed-as-poodlecorp-botnet-suffers-security-breach-506910.shtml >> >> >> And I quote: >> >> "One thing LeakedSource staff spotted was that the first payment >> recorded in the botnet's control panel was of $1, while payments for the >> same package plan were of $19.99." >> >> ( Paypal payments btw ) >> >> >> There is enough information, and damages, imho, to start looking for >> the people responsible from a legal standpoint. And hopefully the >> proper authorities are interested. >> >> PS: >> >> I will like to take this time to underline the lack of >> participation from a vast majority of ISPs into BCP38 and the like. We >> need to keep educating them at every occasion we have. >> >> For those that actually implemented some sort of tech against >> it, you are a beacon of hope in what is a ridiculous situation that has >> been happening for more than 15 years. >> >> ----- >> Alain Hebert aheb...@pubnix.net >> PubNIX Inc. >> 50 boul. St-Charles >> P.O. Box 26770 Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 6G7 >> Tel: 514-990-5911 http://www.pubnix.net Fax: 514-990-9443 >> >> On 08/03/16 09:41, Robert Webb wrote: >> > Anyone have any additonal info on a DDOS attack hitting host.us? >> > >> > Woke up to no email this morning and the following from their web site: >> > >> > >> > >> > *Following an extortion attempt, HostUS is currently experiencing >> sustained >> > large-scale DDOS attacks against a number of locations. The attacks were >> > measured in one location at 300Gbps. In another location the attacks >> > temporarily knocked out the entire metropolitan POP for a Tier-1 >> provider. >> > Please be patient. We will return soon. Your understanding is >> appreciated. >> > * >> > >> > >> > >From my monitoring system, looks like my VPS went unavailable around >> 23:00 >> > EDT last night. >> > >> > Robert >> > >> >> >
