Probably a distraction while they do something else On Apr 29, 2016 4:39 PM, "Brian Meredith" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.* >> >> >
