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ryujin470 ( ryujin470@fedia.io )  to Gaming · 1 year ago

Byond game engine suffers a weeks-long DDoS attack, apparently because a wanna-be Bond villain is trying to force it to go open source: 'Attacks on Byond servers are a symptom of your obstinance'

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Byond game engine suffers a weeks-long DDoS attack, apparently because a wanna-be Bond villain is trying to force it to go open source: 'Attacks on Byond servers are a symptom of your obstinance'

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ryujin470 ( ryujin470@fedia.io )  to Gaming · 1 year ago
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I don't know if the explanation is real, but the attack certainly is.
  • Griseowulfin ( Griseowulfin@beehaw.org ) 
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    turn of phrase. Bond villians generally have some weird philosphy that guides their actions, like this attacker who is using a cyberattack to push a goal of threatening a company to make their stuff open source.

    • leopardpuncher ( renard_roux@beehaw.org ) 
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      “MUAHAHAHAHA!!!” — Hacker, probably

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        “All your code are belong to us now” - Hacker, highly

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