Re: HA-Ha ! Microsoft Craps AGAIN - Many Services Offline

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On 7/31/24 9:34 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

It started with a DDoS, but apparently Microsoft’s attempt to defend
against that only made things worse.
 
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   Yep - and very interesting. Apparently the attackers knew
   exactly how its DDOS defense worked - and used that to their
   advantage.
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   The bad guys are ALWAYS ahead of the curve. Everything
   else is just, belated, reaction.

I remember hearing a speaker on SomaFM's DEFCON channel say something to this
effect about computer security: What's the difference between an attack and a
defense? You can know that an attack works.

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