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...
Gnatsunami ago
Fair enough. I wasn't here in the beginning so I can't speak for how Putt used to do things. All I know is I wasn't able to read or participate in a single thread without seeing the same bullshit spam and I have a long standing rule that, if you have to annoy me to prove your point or sell me something, then your point doesn't count. Either present your case and accept the results like a grown-up or fuck the fuckity fuck off. Present yourself like a whiny crybaby and I'll be sure to never consider your opinion again.
Edit*: for the record, I appreciate your approach to it much more than the spam every single thread approach.
sound_of_silence ago
yeah that's what he was doing in the beginning... asking legitimately... not getting answered... fake alt and clone accounts were made to make it looked like he spammed... which in turn made other goats think he was a dick when he wasn't... he was just trying to protect voat..
Gnatsunami ago
In the end though, it doesn't sound like it's his to protect and from what I can tell about Voat so far is that Voat users don't like others assuming they think or speak for them. Maybe if he and others think it should be run a different way, they could start their own website. I'd be more than happy to check it out also as I have no doubt that someone that passionate about their causes could really make a go of something if they focused their efforts on something more proactive and productive.
sound_of_silence ago
voat is so special i mean it was because of the free speech, anti-censorship mantra and moral... like this.. remember last year..? @Atko said he and Putt wanted to work FT on voat... https://voat.co/v/announcements/1004026 " 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." the majority of users are in the dark and don't realize what's going on right out in the open... it's weird... why would atko and putt pour heart and soul into voat then disappear suddenly when it was fully funded... while soon after, it starts to get more reddit-like by the day.. doesn't make sense after reading thru what atko and putt wanted to do and how they felt and how they had always stayed in close touch with the community... now atko is essentially gone.. putt is not particularly here.... users are becoming targets because of unpopular speech.. it's sad and it will get worse if no one says anything about it.
Gnatsunami ago
I can certainly say I'm more willing to listen to this type of dialogue than the spam so I appreciate that. I truly wish I had more to offer the conversation but I just haven't been here long enough to have an informed opinion. I do love what I know about Voat so far and am now interested to see how this pans out. I was just super annoyed with the spam and let it out a little because above all, I love to hear (see) myself speak (type).
sound_of_silence ago
i hear you.. and may your shitlording be blessed...
as i read thru this stuff i see various other users trying to take a stand but getting shot down... at least now the word is getting out.. it's only right to get the truth out... because if i happens to 1 it can happen to all..
conversations i've had with the actual SaneGoatiSwear have been great... just like this... i met him the 2nd day i was on voat and had no idea who he was.. but his open free speech attitude instantly made me respect voat... ironically it turned out that there was a group of users essentially hunting and haunting his reputation, to destroy it..
also don't get why atko and putt would want to work voat full time then suddenly not, basically at the point it got coincidentally fully-funded..
i don't want to see this happen to other users b/c that will def. grow into a reddit hell.