They've come for us. Again. (announcements)

submitted ago by PuttItOut

Buckle up. Voat is currently being hit with a malicious attack. This couldn't have possibly happened at a worse time for me personally and I may have to put Voat into lockdown mode or even set it to Read Only. Perhaps we will resurrect the
bit privilege checking goat (you know you miss having your bits privilege checked).

I'm hoping that the code is in a good enough place to handle a majority of the incoming traffic, but expect slow responses.

I will try my best to keep Voat online. Wish me luck.

Edit:

I'm still waiting for the main attack. Every DDOS we've been hit with before follows a pattern of probing exploits, quiet time, then the full attack. So we will see, but waiting is the hardest partYouTube

Edit 2:

As of now I feel they've postponed. After taking us down two times the morning of this announcement, I've seen no further activity. A temporary win I suppose.

https://voat.co/v/announcements/1330806

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Raxotic ago

8ch experienced an attack this weekend and the site operator said whoever it was had deep pockets. Was wondering if Voat was next.

PuttItOut ago

Voat endured a ~30 day DDOS previously (among countless others). I know who did it and 'deep pockets' is an understatement.

ScrewdriverOo ago

I remember when SRS was the go to for blame. I've been digging deep there and haven't found anything that implicates the sub as a whole. There was more evidence that people high up in that other site was involved. I did see support of the DDoS attacks behind the scenes. Good to know that I can quit going to that infuriating site.