Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS

[selenak]

Originally posted by deathpixie at Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS
For those wanting to know more about the recent DDoS attacks, yes, it looks like it was the Russian government trying to shut down the dissidents again.

As I said last time, while it's frustrating not to have access, LJ is a lot more than a social network platform. From the article:

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Comments

[bimo]

Current Mood: crappy

Anything one could do in order to cheer you up, well, except for being one's usual cheerfully Farscape-watching self? :-)

[selenak]

That's very sweet of you, but the crappy mood has already passed. Also, I am not surprised cavendish was misled by the FS pilot; I don't think any first time watchers can possibly guess what's to come...

[amenirdis]

An excellent point. Thank you for making it.

[leviathan0999]

It's really annoyed me throughout this whole downtime issue seeing people slamming LJ about this downtime. Didn't we all know almost immediately that this would turn out to be another attack? I'd see people posting on Facebook or Twitter how "LJ is being an arse again," and I'd snarl back at my computer screen.

STOP BLAMING THE VICTIM, PEOPLE!

So thanks for posting this, and inspiring me to post something similar, if grumpier.

[selenak]

You had reason for grumpiness. "Stop blaming the victim" is the perfect summing-up.