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Internet Archive is continuing to face DDoS attacks after several days, says “this attack has been sustained, impactful, targeted, adaptive, and importantly, mean” (www.neowin.net)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It’s an open-and-shut case and everyone saw it coming.

And yet whoever’s doing this evidently doesn’t expect to succeed via legal means.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io -4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This subthread switched specifically to the topic of their pending lawsuits, it's not about the DDoS. I doubt the publishers are behind this DDoS because they're already easily winning in the courts, there's absolutely no need for them to risk blowing their case and getting countersued this way.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

This subthread switched specifically to the topic of their pending lawsuits

Because Internet Archive implied a potential connection to the DDoS attack. And given the large-institution scale of the attack and the lack of motivation for any other actors on that scale, it seems like the most plausible explanation.

Edit: And I’m not sure where you’re trying to go with this whole subthread—you tried to narrow the topic exclusively to the legal case by arguing that the case is unrelated to the DDoS attack, while at the same time pointing to the lawsuit to imply that IA had it coming.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io -4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Then the Internet Archive is being an idiot and risking a lawsuit. Again. They've already been raked over the coals for copyright violation, I guess they want to add libel to the list as well?

The Internet Archive has plenty of enemies, many of whom don't have an easy legal arsenal to throw at them like those big publishers did. The publishers have been playing smart so far and have won already through legal means, it makes no sense for them to suddenly turn stupid and launch this DDoS.