Russian Government Blamed In LJ DDoS Attacks

[bluetooth16]

LiveJournal Russia, the country's main platform for uncensored political discussion, recovered Tuesday from its biggest-ever hacker attack - which bloggers said could not have been staged without state resources

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[lavenderfrost]

IDGAF who it is at this point. The responsible party can DIAF kthnx. XP

[star_riku]

THIS COMPLETELY.

[bluetooth16]

THIS!

[lavenderfrost]

I'd say we should start a #fuckoffrussia twitter hashtag, but it's not fair to ordinary Russians who aren't a part of this and Twitter would just censor it anyway. -_-;;

[welurklate]

LJ wank that's not about Harry Potter porn? Weird.

[bluetooth16]

I KNOW RIGHT? NO ONE CAN BLAME ONTD OR FANDOM FOR ONCE. IT'S ~SHOCKING~.

[roseofjuly]

Or Michael Jackson.

Although I think it was ONTD that broke LJ when MJ died, so your point remains.

[mindrtist]

and Anna Nicole Smith!

[tresa_cho]

KEEP YOUR IRL OUT OF MY FANDOM GDI

*shakes fist at russian gov*

Going through withdrawal here. I need to get all my fic off LJ asap. But to do that LJ needs to be UP FOR MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES.

[cordelia_gray]

This is kind of terrifying, actually. The idea that the Russian government would try to take down an entire platform, just to silence a couple of critics, is really disturbing.

[brewsternorth]

Yeah, even if it's a case of LIHOP, i.e. the Russian government is turning a blind eye to some cybercriminals operating in ways convenient to its ends, it's disquieting in the extreme.

[ayajedi]

I agree

[knigolubka]

Suuurrreee, like the government if they really needed it wouldn't be able to make shut up a few people without causing a global scandal