▲ 47 ▼ Pro-Iran group turns Ubuntu DDoS into shakedown (www.theregister.com) submitted 6 months ago by cm0002@literature.cafe to c/linux@programming.dev 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 18 points 6 months ago (7 children) tf does this have to do with iran? permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] lengau@midwest.social 16 points 6 months ago* (1 child) Person A: Red Hat has massive US military contracts for autonomous weapons that are being used against Iran! Person B: Yeah but they have IBM's infrastructure too Person C: There's this much smaller company that we might be able to take down. They're in the same industry. Person A: Do it! Person B: But do they have and military contracts like that? Person A: SHUT UP I SAID DDOS THEM permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 4 points 6 months ago* lmaoo but it might actually kinda makes sense i wouldn't be surprised if iranian infra also depends on redhat or ubuntu though permalink fedilink source parent [–] bright_side_@piefed.world 4 points 6 months ago I tried looking into it but I did not find that much info. there are some Iranian hacking groups linked to the state or are state funded and 313 team seems to be linked to those. This is one of the better overview articles I found: https://www.levelblue.com/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/levelblue-spiderlabs-breaks-down-the-role-of-cyber-operations-taken-in-the-iran-crisis permalink fedilink source parent [–] sidebro@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (3 children) ... attentionseeking, you know, for the cause? I dunno, honestly. Boggles the mind. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 4 points 6 months ago (2 children) tbh it kinda feels like it's completely unrelated to iran, maybe this attacker group is trying to defame(? idk the correct word) iran? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sidebro@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 months ago (1 child) So, basically a false flag? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 point 6 months ago Yeah, sort of. Even the false flag is false flag. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lengau@midwest.social 16 points 6 months ago* (1 child) Person A: Red Hat has massive US military contracts for autonomous weapons that are being used against Iran! Person B: Yeah but they have IBM's infrastructure too Person C: There's this much smaller company that we might be able to take down. They're in the same industry. Person A: Do it! Person B: But do they have and military contracts like that? Person A: SHUT UP I SAID DDOS THEM permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 4 points 6 months ago* lmaoo but it might actually kinda makes sense i wouldn't be surprised if iranian infra also depends on redhat or ubuntu though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 4 points 6 months ago* lmaoo but it might actually kinda makes sense i wouldn't be surprised if iranian infra also depends on redhat or ubuntu though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bright_side_@piefed.world 4 points 6 months ago I tried looking into it but I did not find that much info. there are some Iranian hacking groups linked to the state or are state funded and 313 team seems to be linked to those. This is one of the better overview articles I found: https://www.levelblue.com/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/levelblue-spiderlabs-breaks-down-the-role-of-cyber-operations-taken-in-the-iran-crisis permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sidebro@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (3 children) ... attentionseeking, you know, for the cause? I dunno, honestly. Boggles the mind. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 4 points 6 months ago (2 children) tbh it kinda feels like it's completely unrelated to iran, maybe this attacker group is trying to defame(? idk the correct word) iran? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sidebro@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 months ago (1 child) So, basically a false flag? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 point 6 months ago Yeah, sort of. Even the false flag is false flag. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 4 points 6 months ago (2 children) tbh it kinda feels like it's completely unrelated to iran, maybe this attacker group is trying to defame(? idk the correct word) iran? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sidebro@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 months ago (1 child) So, basically a false flag? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 point 6 months ago Yeah, sort of. Even the false flag is false flag. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sidebro@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 months ago (1 child) So, basically a false flag? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 point 6 months ago Yeah, sort of. Even the false flag is false flag. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 point 6 months ago Yeah, sort of. Even the false flag is false flag. permalink fedilink source parent