“DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE” ATTACK TARGETS OUR WEBSITE
By FITSNEWS || Just as we were beginning to launch our 2014 election night live blog, FITSNews was hit by a massive cyberattack – one that has wreaked havoc on our website.
Known as a “distributed denial of service” (DDOS) attack, the first wave of the digital assault began at around 6:00 p.m. EST.
Our tech experts described the attack as “deliberately malicious.” Not to mention exceedingly effective … and well-timed. Oh, and expensive … with estimates for the cost of such a hit running in the tens of thousands of dollars.
Nice …
We are in the process of investigating the attack in an effort to determine who may have been responsible for launching it … in the meantime, we apologize to our readers for the disruption in our election night coverage. Hopefully we’ll be able to figure out who did it … and figure out how to prevent such attacks in the future.
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It’s a South Carolina Political Digest attack, launched by Big T himself.
With both of his sling shots!
You two do realize that Grand Tango is a woman don’t you?
Seriously? A trannie or an actual woman?
You know him from the old gogamecocks political forum as Saluda Rapids. Same retard, pay day loan asst. Mgr.
Saluda Rapids? No shit? Holy crap. Well, I doubt it was Tango, more likely was Nikki.
If GT is a woman, it’s not Emily Peterkin. She’s real, but he pretended to be her for a while, posting under that name mainly where there is FB-based commenting, and using a fake profile. GT and the real Emily are nowhere near being alike in their political leanings. And she’s actually sane.
lol…you did it again!!!! Endorsed Vida Miller and Goldfinch kicked her Democrat ass!!!
The Buz Martin ‘kiss of political death’ strikes another candidate.
Thank you Buz Martin. He or she stole my name an opened FB page in my name. She’s an idiot and obviouslly disturbed. I check in from time to time and am so embarrassed by the comments this fake “Emily Peterkin” posts! I wish Will Folks would block her….Facebook did nothing even though this nut job admitted stealing my name. She says I don’t own the rights to my name. Only two in North America mind you..Ignore this LOSER!
Have you filed an identity theft report with your local law enforcement? There’s actually a LOT we can do….
I reported it to Facebook and even though when you sign up the rules state you have to use your ‘real’ name’ they did nothing. She or he taunted me until I blocked her. I have no idea why this would happen to me except that I have an unusual name. She hasn’t tried to open credit in my name but this ordeal has been horrible just the same. I think this person is attempting to start a political blog….thanks, Emily
I think the Sun News eventually blocked the fake account GT was using under your name. Facebook, unless you’re a movie star, big politician, or other kind of celebrity, will do nothing on that kind of ID theft. Unless he used exactly the same avatar as you. Only then will they take action. But since I saw that the fake account was getting a lot of your friends as friends, even with a different avatar, they SHOULD have helped you.
Thanks, I hope she’s moved on to another name. This has affected me personally as I have friends and family that have seen these disparaging posts. Thanks again!
Does the other E.P. have a middle name of Muriel???…
Imagine that, two people with the same name…bet that’s NEVER happened before….LMAO…
I’m guessing you’re not a rocket scientist, are you???…Hahahaha…
Fact is: You’re not an Emily Peterkin. Enjoying lying much?
Obsessed much???..LMAO…
Actually, there are three Emily Peterkins IN THE WHOLE UNITED STATES!!
WOW…who woulda thought that?
GT is not a woman
As much as he rips on the site while also trying to parasite on the back of its success like a Medicaid recipient bitching about his free healthcare, you should really just go ahead and out his hypocrite ass.
I’m too nice.
More likely it was Democrats who were trying to keep Fits from blogging about the destruction of their party and the ensuing comments from political experts like GT, Bible Thumper and dj.
For less money you could host at a high availability datacenter that can withstand that…but hey, live and learn.
$10 says it was either Nikki or Bobby, if the trail can ever be picked up.
Let me add T-Rav to that of possibilities…you certainly pissed him off enough the last few weeks and he has the dough and shown he’s not afraid to toss it away for nothing.
T-Rav definitely fits the bill. What should be a big night for FITSNews rolls up, and a sudden DDoS hits him in the gut? Someone wanted to hit Willie’s wallet, and who else than the man who threatened to put him in a trailer?
I’d look to Korea or China..if it really was a DDOS…but I doubt it. I’m betting a “reboot” fixed it.
Are you sure it wasn’t just a case of your servers mistaking a huge spike in website traffic / refreshing screens as a DDOS due to live blogging?
You’re nuts.
Are you calling FITSNews healthcare.gov or something?
All jokes aside, DDoS attacks should be easy enough to confirm. And yes, DDoS attacks are occasionally directed at various SC sites and networks from people I’ve talked to in IT, so it isn’t unimaginable that someone with an axe to grind would do this.
I bet it was T-Rav.
This should put Fits on the national blackboard tomorrow morning to show that he has truly “arrived”. The apology is appreciated…
Don’t feel like the Lone Ranger … the hackers do this during an election, mostly trying to make g’ment look like fools. But anyone with a public voice gets the grief.
(there are 16 Internet nodes in the lower 48 … all are easy targets for the “swamp ’em” treatment … “service interruptus” is Latin for: … FARC U and the horse you rode. In on.)
There have been plenty of instances where a pol’s site was hacked by someone out in China/Russia, because the sites are built for short-term use they aren’t always hardened, so they’re easy targets. Plus I’m sure whatever hacker gets a kick out of filling a politician’s page with nothing but pictures of hardcore porn.
Mmmmm … IP address spoofing is quite common. One can download free tools to do this. (I often use an address in Canada if I don’t want to be tracked by the Helots.)
It was European at first but then when we blocked all European connections for the night it switched to South America, and then Asia.
Boom!
Looked like a web server failure when I tried to connect around 7:00…It said it it was a dbase connection failure which usually signals a web server failure. I guess thats what you get when you run an all in one.
DDOS attacks are pretty easy to stop at any decent firewall. Drop any multicast or jumbo packets in the bit bucket. Any real coordinated attack that can out pace a decent firewall are on a massive scale; think bots and foreign governments funding them. Sorry Fits..it’s doubtful it was Big T or Vince Sheheen.
I love when you talk sexy.
BS.
Considering the timing, I don’t think the attacker would’ve been wanting anything long term. DDoS can be countered but it can be pretty effective until it has been.
Not too keen on web server stuff though.
We had a DDoS going on which was fixed but then we had them flooding xmlrpc.php which should have been blocked in .htaccess but unfortunately during a server migration we didn’t notice it had changed. We are updating to a CDN today and putting adding cloud flare again.
LMAO…this is the brains behind your operation…. (: Wonder no more…
careful Mr. Lawrence.
NSA much???…
What’s funny. I’d imagine so many of FITS’ cronies have criminal records or you’re on sex offender registries, you think you are a threat to honest people.. (: …you’re not…
feel free to check my criminal record. :)
Oh yeah…they decriminalized that kind of activity a few years back…LMAO..no wonder you and FITS are Liberal-Tarians….Hahahahaha…
I don’t think I have ever stated my political affiliation on this site.
IF you are in concert w/ FITS you are either a Liberal-Tarian or a Liberal. There is not other thought promoted on this site, except what I, and a couple others (RE, DJ, Fast Eddy,and Scooter) post.
I’m pretty sure that most of what is posted here is conservative in nature. However, my political opinions have never been voiced on this site. I am not a content contributor.
LMAO…You are a FREAKIN FITS-esque IDIOT…and have NO understanding of Conservatism, or politcs, if you think this gaggle of Liberals, Liberal-Tarians and mis-guided dolts represent Conservatism…
Your level of political acumen is CERTAINLY appropriate for FITS. Thanks for the Laugh. Your “expertise” does not surprise me….LMAO…
Thanks :)
More click-bait bullshit.
I noticed the site was out several times yesterday and thought it was done by those connected with state officials. Harrell’s cronies? Ravenels? …… They left tracks …. used maybe a 100 or so hubs and infected computers, but they can be found. And they should be. They need to be in prison. Within 6 weeks, we will know who was behind it.
It was probably somebody who doesn’t like Tim Tebow (and YES Tango, I DID type that)
I got into your head, huh?…LMAO….
lol……….oh i CAN defend it………..be glad to show you sometime ;)
With a father figure like you…why am I not surprised?…LMAO…
I’ll take that as a compliment. I say what I mean, and I mean what I say. So, Tango, move on …… you are starting to irk me. I hate having a war of wits with unarmed people. Have a nice day :)
I blame Obama.
No really
Obama is an ass wipe. But with more sand paper grit
Obama
Why is impeachment off the table ?!?
Obama probably pays FITS, as an arm of his campaign team.
There is a sicko that stole my name and opened a profile on FB a few months ago. She or he admits this but contnues to write ignorant posts all over the Internet. Please ignore this idiot that is to ashamed to write her opinions signing her own name. It’s not me! Will Folks block her! I live in Fort Motte and this lunatic claims to live in Charleston.
You mean some clown charged you tens of thousands of dollars to hit F5, yet you could not find a tech geek to recover the limp hard-drive that was supposed to evidence your claims of manhood….
PRICELESS…. (:
How to prevent future DDOS attacks: Stop being a fuckboy “news” website that posts click-bait bullshit. Doesn’t look like a bright future FITS lol
How to prevent future DDOS attacks: Stop being a fuckboy “news” website that posts click-bait bullshit. Doesn’t look like a bright future FITS lol