[132552] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wikileaks unreachable
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (andrew.wallace)
Sun Nov 28 21:29:19 2010
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:29:15 -0800 (PST)
From: "andrew.wallace" <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com>
To: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Reply-To: "andrew.wallace" <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com>
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Hi Nanog,=0A=0A=0ASome more information here -=0A=0Ahttp://www.reddit.com/r=
/netsec/comments/ecwnn/wikileaks_hacked_ahead_of_secret_us_document/c176lcb=
=0A=0AThe hacker has featured previously in a news article on his attack pl=
atform -=0A=0A=0Ahttps://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/3258-Hacker-Release=
s-Second-Video-of-Enhanced-XerXeS-DoS-Attack-on-Apache-Vulnerability-.html=
=0A=0ARegards,=0A=0AAndrew=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message -----=0AFrom:Joel=
Esler <joel.esler@me.com>=0ATo:Marshall Eubanks <tme@americafree.tv>=0ACc:=
North American Network Operators Group <nanog@nanog.org>=0ASent:Monday, 29 =
November 2010, 1:56:34=0ASubject:Re: wikileaks unreachable=0A=0AI've heard =
it's a DOS (not DDOS) according to twitter. Allegedly according to the pers=
on doing the DOS:=0A=0AJust so we are all straight and clear - wikileaks hi=
t is not a=0A'Distributed' DoS, its a simple DoS - I dont use intermediarie=
s or=0Abotnets. Sun Nov 16 - 15:28 EST=0A=0Ahttp://twitter.com/th3j35t3r=0A=
=0AJoel=0A=0AOn Nov 28, 2010, at 6:42 PM, Marshall Eubanks wrote:=0A=0A> =
=0A> On Nov 28, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Wil Schultz wrote:=0A> =0A>> DOS is proba=
bly because they released some more stuff.=0A>> =0A>> "Secret US Embassy Ca=
bles"=0A>> http://cablegate.wikileaks.org/=0A>> =0A> =0A> DDOS according to=
this=0A> =0A> http://www.securityweek.com/wikileaks-under-denial-service-a=
ttack-ddos=0A> =0A> Regards=0A> Marshall=0A> =0A>> -wil=0A>> =0A>> On Nov 2=
8, 2010, at 1:38 PM, James Downs wrote:=0A>> =0A>>> =0A>>> On Nov 28, 2010,=
at 1:34 PM, Randy Bush wrote:=0A>>> =0A>>>> anyone know why https://www.wi=
kileaks.org/ is not reachable? nations=0A>>>> state level censors trying t=
o close the barn door after the horse has=0A>>> =0A>>> Reported they were u=
nder attack: http://bgg.lv/h2pmsd=0A>>> =0A>>> =0A>> =0A>> =0A>> =0A> =0A> =
=0A=0A=0A
