I usually don't comment on these matters, but I know Jeremy and Ricken at Avaaz, and I would find it VERY DIFFICULT to believe that Avaaz would have purposefully pretended that they were cyber attacked as a marketing/fundraising gimmick.
Yosem On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Jillian C. York <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm going with naive. That would certainly make sense given the other > naive mistakes they've made, not least in Syria. > > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Jim Youll <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ... or they're just scared, or naive... >> >> these attacks - and that is the right word, even the only intent is "fun" >> - are confusing and upsetting and hard to understand until you burn the log >> files down to reveal what really went on. .. >> >> apart from receipt of specific correspondence from the instigator, which >> is rare but not unprecedented IMO, there's no way to tell a directed >> attack from script kid's afternoon of fun... >> >> On May 4, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Steve Weis wrote: >> >> "...globally-distributed botnet of thousands of computers..." >> >> Someone could rent thousands of botnet agents for two days for a couple >> hundred dollars: >> >> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/study-finds-the-average-price-for-renting-a-botnet/6528 >> >> "Avaaz does not have any further information about who is behind it..." >> >> They were claiming that this was an attack so sophisticated and massive >> that it could have only been perpetrated by a nation state or large >> corporation, yet they have no further information about who was behind it? >> I think they hyped it up to drive fundraising. >> >> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Andrew Couts <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> *Avaaz statement on the attack on the site* >>> An attack on Avaaz’s website from a globally-distributed botnet of >>> thousands of computers ended yesterday (Thursday 3rd May). Avaaz does not >>> have any further information about who is behind it but the FBI have been >>> notified about this incident. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> liberationtech mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: >> >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >> >> If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click >> above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily >> digest?" >> >> You will need the user name and password you receive from the list >> moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >> >> Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. >> >> Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> liberationtech mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: >> >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >> >> If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click >> above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily >> digest?" >> >> You will need the user name and password you receive from the list >> moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >> >> Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. >> >> Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech >> > > > > -- > *+1-857-891-4244 |** jilliancyork.com | @jilliancyork * > > "We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the > seemingly impossible to become a reality" - *Vaclav Havel* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > liberationtech mailing list > [email protected] > > Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click > above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily > digest?" > > You will need the user name and password you receive from the list > moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. > > Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech >
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