Re: Spamhaus under DDOS from AnonOps (Wikileaks.info)

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Simon Waters <simonw () zynet net> wrote:

> On 19/12/10 18:51, Paul Ferguson wrote:
> > Not for nothing, but Spamhaus wasn't the only organization to warn about
> > Heihachi:
> >
> > http://blog.trendmicro.com/wikileaks-in-a-dangerous-internet-neighborhoo
> > d/
>
> All the domains listed by Trend Micro as neighbours appear to be down.
>
> Have to say as someone whose employer will buy and host a domain name if
> you fill in the credit card details and the credit card company accept
> them, if you listed only the sites we've cancelled first thing on a
> Monday morning (or as soon as we are notified) we'd look pretty poor.
>
> > From the many adverse comments about the hosting services in use they
> look as bad as they come, but on the other hand this weakens the
> usefulness of the Trend statement (well to people who check what they
> are told).
>
> Were the sites up when the announcement was made?

The sites that were listed are just a few examples of the hundreds of
domains located there that are engaged in criminal activity. The fact that
they are down now really doesn't factor into the equation -- the history of
criminal activity within that prefix speaks for itself.

- - ferg

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