[HN Gopher] Hamas May Be Threat to 8chan, QAnon Online
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       Hamas May Be Threat to 8chan, QAnon Online
        
       Author : todsacerdoti
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2021-01-05 19:34 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (krebsonsecurity.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (krebsonsecurity.com)
        
       | esoprogrammer wrote:
       | Was hoping this would be a story about Hamas trying to take 8chan
       | down themselves :)
        
       | mtnygard wrote:
       | This headline sounds like something from Steve Jackson's
       | "Illuminati!" game.
        
       | 1337biz wrote:
       | What kind of garbage argument is that?
       | 
       | Hamas and 8chan are using the same DDOS protection service.
       | That's all. So all cloudflare sites are by that logic responsible
       | for the content of other sites using cloudflare? Especially
       | considering the problematic dominance of cloudflare, I expected a
       | higher troll logic level of Krebs.
        
         | jdlshore wrote:
         | The argument, as I understand it, is as follows:
         | 
         | First, how QAnon and 8chan are made available:
         | 
         | 1. QAnon and 8chan are connected to the internet through
         | VanwaTech in Washington state.
         | 
         | 2. VanwaTech's sole connection to the internet is DDoS-Guard in
         | Russia.
         | 
         | 4. DDoS-Guard relies on CoreSite in Los Angeles to provide
         | "more reliable" US access to its sites.
         | 
         | Second, how that availability is at risk:
         | 
         | 1. DDoS-Guard is home to a large number of cybercrime-related
         | sites, and also to Hamas' online presence.
         | 
         | 2. Hamas is a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
         | organization (SDGT).
         | 
         | 3. In the US, it's illegal to provide "money, goods or
         | services" to SDGTs, even unknowingly. Penalties are severe.
         | 
         | 4. Given the risks of being even peripherally involved with
         | SGDTs, CoreSite may choose to stop providing services to DDoS-
         | Guard.
         | 
         | 5. If CoreSite stops providing services to DDoS-Guard, QAnon
         | and 8chan "may become more difficult to reach."
         | 
         | In other words, DDoS-Guard's association with Hamas may cause
         | DDoS-Guard's US partner to stop doing business with them, which
         | would make it difficult to access QAnon and 8chan websites.
        
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