Re: Staring Down the Armada Collective

2015-12-04 Thread dennis
LTE smartphone Original message From: Lyndon Nerenberg Date: 12/4/2015 12:14 AM (GMT-05:00) To: North American Network Operators' Group Subject: Re: Staring Down the Armada Collective On Dec 3, 2015, at 6:28 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > Are we perhaps, fina

Re: Staring Down the Armada Collective

2015-12-03 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
On Dec 3, 2015, at 9:14 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > I should also mention that, despite their bluster, they can't keep it up for > more than half an hour. The mailing list has been quiet. All step forward who are scared to say "me too" on account of Armada. --lyndon signature.asc Descri

Re: Staring Down the Armada Collective

2015-12-03 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
On Dec 3, 2015, at 6:28 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > Are we perhaps, finally, reaching the cusp where everyone has realized that > if we all, collectively, tell the rodents to f*** off, they just might? I should also mention that, despite their bluster, they can't keep it up for more than ha

Re: Staring Down the Armada Collective

2015-12-03 Thread Roland Dobbins
On 4 Dec 2015, at 9:28, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: Are we perhaps, finally, reaching the cusp where everyone has realized that if we all, collectively, tell the rodents to f*** off, they just might? By my very rough and subjective guesstimate, extortion is the motivation behind ~15% of all DDoS

Staring Down the Armada Collective

2015-12-03 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
Typically, businesses hide from admitting they've been hit by drive-by attacks like Armada is trying to pull off. It has been interesting to see the public reaction from the post-Protonmail targets, many of whom are being very visible about 1) admitting they have been hit by the attacks, and 2)