wikisimpsons got DDOSed
in case you were trying to access the event page in the last hours, WS got DDOSed :disappointed: Jake (WS admin) is fixing it
Forum Discussion
"notDepressed;1481319" wrote:
I realize how passionate you are about this game and certainly appreciate all your efforts. By no means was I putting the site down (or your contributions) but merely pointing out that I find it highly unlikely a hacker would make that site a target. You are a legend here - forgive me. I sometimes forget how important some of this silly stuff is to others and respect that.
First off, you don't need any hacking skills to pull of a DDoS attack. You can "rent" a botnet for like $100 in places I won't mention here to avoid getting kicked from the forum. Any disgruntled idiot can do that.
The odds of one of those 29k+ users being one said idiot is pretty high. People have done DDoS attacks for fun for Pete's sake!
There are ways sites can defend themselves from this, but chances are, if they're using a small private server or a basic web hosting company, they will most likely not have those systems in place.
