Probably trying to extort some IPv4 address space from them! On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hopefully not just for the lulz... > > > *To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN DDoS Attack > X-BeenThere: [email protected] <[email protected]> > X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 > Precedence: list > List-Id: ARIN Announcements and Notices <arin-announce.arin.net > <http://arin-announce.arin.net>> > List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.arin.net/mailman/options/arin-announce > <http://lists.arin.net/mailman/options/arin-announce>>, > <mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>?subject=unsubscribe> > List-Archive: <http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-announce > <http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-announce>> > List-Post: <mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>> > List-Help: <mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>?subject=help> > List-Subscribe: <http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-announce > <http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-announce>>, > <mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>?subject=subscribe> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" > Sender: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Errors-To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Starting at 4:00 PM EDT on Friday, 29 April, a DDoS attack began against > ARIN. This was and continues to be a sustained attack against our > provisioning services, email, and website. We initiated our DDoS > mitigation plan and are in the process of mitigating various types of > attack traffic patterns. All our other public-facing services (Whois, > Whois-RWS, RDAP, DNS, IRR, and RPKI repository services) are not > affected by this attack and are operating normally. > > We will announce an all clear 24 hours after the attacks have stopped. > > Regards, > > Mark Kosters > Chief Technology Officer > American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-Announce > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Announce Mailing List ([email protected] > <[email protected]>). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-announce > <http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-announce> > Please contact [email protected] <[email protected]> if you experience any issues.* > >
