[HN Gopher] Sourcehut and Codeberg are both currently experienci...
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       Sourcehut and Codeberg are both currently experiencing a DDoS
       attack
        
       Author : smlavine
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2024-01-11 21:53 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | palata wrote:
       | Genuinely interested: who the hell pays to DDoS services like
       | Sourcehut and Codeberg? :/
        
         | no_wizard wrote:
         | Gitea! /s
         | 
         | In all seriousness though, the reason why services end up under
         | DDoS attacks are wide and sometimes complex.
         | 
         | There is a likelihood that someone is simply upset at these
         | services, or that there was a coordinated effort against source
         | control programs more generally but its only succeeding against
         | these two (that we're aware of), but not say, GitLab / GitHub.
         | 
         | Another example: they may be targeted simply due to traffic and
         | volume, and this is an attempt to "dry run" DDoS techniques
         | that may be used against bigger sites down the road too.
         | 
         | There's alot of room for why these things happen. I've learned
         | that motivations and execution is very wide.
        
           | the_duke wrote:
           | Another reason is hosted content that someone really wants
           | gone from the internet.
           | 
           | Of course the efficacy of attacking a service with lots of
           | content is questionable, but the plan is to put on so much
           | pressure that the service removes the content.
        
         | kencausey wrote:
         | Probably someone seeking a ransom.
        
         | pityJuke wrote:
         | HN's provider was DDoSed yesterday [0], I wonder if the popular
         | website being targeted was HN itself. Either way, I do wonder
         | if there is any relation.
         | 
         | [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38939559
        
       | tiffanyh wrote:
       | > "we called [Cloudflare] and they quoted a very big number" [0]
       | 
       | This is what I've never understood about Cloudflare.
       | 
       | You're suppose to be able to purchase a business account for
       | $200/mo [1]
       | 
       | But it seems like at some point, Cloudflare says you need to
       | upgrade to a custom pricing plan.
       | 
       | What triggers Cloudflare to state you can't use the $200 Business
       | Plan account?
       | 
       | [0] https://fosstodon.org/@arch@floofy.tech/111739294821803544
       | 
       | [1] https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/
        
         | notamy wrote:
         | > What triggers Cloudflare to state you can't use the $200
         | Business Plan account?
         | 
         | iirc one reason is needing proxying of non-HTTP protocols.
        
       | candiddevmike wrote:
       | Is this targeting GitHub too? Seeing unicorns.
        
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