EDIT:
Crystal Ball contest is over. People who correctly answered #3 or LOL have been badged. I sure did get a lot of you to say LOL, Lol.
We get a lot of blackmail attempts here at Voat, perhaps one every two weeks. Nearly all are security related threats. This one though, well this one is a first. It is Voat's first DDoS threat and the first time we've seen lmgtfy.com used in the email body, so we have decided to share it for historical preservation.
If this "group" is serious (serious groups use lmgtfy.com) expect to see downtime. If they are mid-grade expect to get reacquainted with the having your bits checked by the one and only Voat Goat and/or some features turned off. If they really suck expect to see nothing.
I'm kind of excited. Let's take bets to make this interesting.
Anyone that correctly predicts tomorrow will get badged with a brand new shiny "I'm a Blackmail Wizard" badge.
ENTRY RULES: To make it easier on me, use the following text for your prediction and use only one of the phrases:
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Downtime (Voat burns)
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Voat Goat (Voat turns on DDoS protections and/or reduces functionality to deal with a DDoS, but stays alive for the most part)
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LOL (Nothing happens because their moms took away their iPads)
What happens tomorrow Voat?
Edit: And no editing your entries cheaters. I know what you are thinking!
DDoS Email Threat:
FROM: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, May 1, 2017 12:12 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Ransom request: DDOS ATTACK!
FORWARD THIS MAIL TO WHOEVER IS IMPORTANT IN YOUR COMPANY AND CAN MAKE DECISION!
We are xmr-squad. https://lmgtfy.com/q=xmr_squad
All your servers will be DDoS-ed starting tuesday (may 2) if you don’t pay protection – 3 Bitcoins @ 16qkhjMBqXCtZHF7wwLmBA4ShmKECHqpHB
If you don’t pay by tuesday, attack will start, price to stop will
increase to 20 BTC and will go up 5 BTC for every day of attack.
One bitcoin costs about 1.3k USD at the moment.
You can buy bitcoins easily here: https://www.coinify.com/
This is not a joke.
Our attacks are extremely powerful – sometimes over 600 Gigabits per second.
So, no cheap protection will help.
Prevent it all with just 3 BTC @ 16qkhjMBqXCtZHF7wwLmBA4ShmKECHqpHB
Do not reply, we will not read.
Pay and we will know its you. AND YOU WILL NEVER AGAIN HEAR FROM US!
Bitcoin is anonymous, nobody will ever know you cooperated.
Canary:
https://voat.co/v/announcements/1330806
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FuzzywordsisaShill ago
read the evidence, decide for yourselves. This is all well documented and proven, @Puttitout is an SJW, is a shill, is PAID to turn Voat into a Safe Space for Testing Tactics on Dissidents. The Voat Community is run by the damn kikes. Take back your Voat, REMOVE @PUTTITOUT.
Gnatsunami ago
In your own words "read the evidence, decide for yourselves."
Well, we read the evidence and we decided for ourselves and from what I can tell, no one cares. I guess I don't know the correct words for the next part....... I mean......... we did what you requested and have collectively come to the conclusion that ....................... there is no conclusion because no one cares.
sound_of_silence ago
when i read thru all that and backstory posts it looked like putt was totally cool up until around the time voat started getting more changes...
i've seen several folks asking for answers and wondering about what he promised he'd answer about rules and stuff..
to me, it doesn't seem like the same putt as the olden days...
i think a lot of us are curious about the same things as @SaneGoatiSwear asked...
AmaleksHairyAss ago
I care about the issues he raises, but I refuse to reward his faggotry by raising the questions at the same time he does. SaneGoat does not deserve even the appearance of my support and Voat doesn't need more dissent while he's here. Voat is easily the freest decent Reddit style board on the interwebs, and until SaneGoat goes away I'm going to rally behind Put.
sound_of_silence ago
that's the point.. malicious alts created the appearance of that one user as being way worse than actually is... doesn't putt seem different to you tho...he used not to say things and not follow thru...
AmaleksHairyAss ago
SaneGoat used his own account to be an annoying git before the "malicious alts" you're trying to imply aren't him. I'm more than satisfied with Voat and I'm happy enough (and will refuse to entertain the SaneGoat cabal's desires) until Put actually does something truly sketchy. You're trying to make a chicken out of a feather.
sound_of_silence ago
is annoying a reason to censor someone.. gang stalk them... brigade them..?
AmaleksHairyAss ago
No and I oppose those activities, and have never participated. But being annoying (and attacking Voat) is sufficient reason to not get onto his bandwagon. And attacking Voat and being a shitty mod is sufficient reason to demod him. And vote brigading himself is sufficient reason to adjust his CCP
sound_of_silence ago
asking for info that was already promised isn't attacking is it.. esp. when 2 mos have gone by... even now.. putt is back... still... rule set not even mentioned.. what happened to this from last year... " We want to be able to work full time on Voat. We love Voat, we love doing what we do and we want to focus all of our energy on Voat." from @Atko... https://voat.co/v/announcements/1004026
you know.. he just has the 1 account... no alts.. he's said that in a comment on here even.. it was manufactured..