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FurBuy back up after 'massive DDoS attack'

Posted by (Laurence Parry) on Fri 21 Jan 2011 - 00:29
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Furry auction site FurBuy has resumed service after going offline for the best part of a day.

FurBuy went down around 9PM EST Wednesday, due to what site owner Jurann called a "massive DDoS attack that exploited a vulnerability in the DNS hosting".

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Naegling — Fri 21 Jan 2011 - 08:23
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Does anyone know who did it? I would assume 4chan, but that might not be the case.

GreenReaper — Fri 21 Jan 2011 - 17:28
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Who knows? Maybe they saw an auction site and hoped to make money off of it. Maybe they just hate furs. I've asked on LJ.

Edit: Jurann said he didn't know either, but gave a detailed explanation of the attack

Mika — Fri 21 Jan 2011 - 14:53
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Haters gonna hate...

But seriously, why?

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