On Monday night, Netopia.eu was the victim of a DDoS-attack which took down the site for about ten hours. We have no idea of the motive for this action, nor who orchestrated it. Perhaps it was part of some activity that targeted a large number of websites, perhaps it was specific to Netopia. Whichever the case, if you read this, dear hacker: If you disagree with Netopia’s opinions, let us know. If you want to express your disagreement, I promise to publish it, whether it’s an opinion piece or you prefer to be interviewed, I will run it here on this website. I think you will agree that is a much better way to disagree than to make our website inaccessible. After all, it’s coming back up after a few hours, but if you put your views into words they can stay online forever.
Netopia in #DDoS attack
7 June 2016 | Per Strömbäck
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