Comment · Mon, August 16, 2021 · ND Owner
DDOS Attack
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 137 points
Yesterday we were hit with an extremely sophisticated DDOS attack. This group of people was able to get around multiple DDOS protection systems that were in place. We were down for over for over 4 hours, and everything we did to counteract them was immediately sidestepped. We would cut off access from all IPs in the countries we were getting requests from (like Russia, China, and Brazil) and their systems would automatically shift to other countries within seconds (like Pakistan, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, and Syria). To stop our server from being overloaded by the attack, we had to put Cloudflare bot checking in place on the site, so you may notice a Cloudflare message pop up when you try to load our site at the moment. That is a JavaScript that assesses if your traffic is legitimate, or if it is part of the attacking systems. Don't be alarmed. That is just Cloudflare's systems doing a quick check. Furthermore, we had to completely cut off access from IPs in almost every country in the world for a period. We have been slowly removing those restrictions as we are able to. However, if you get a message that you are unable to load the site, that is due to the current attack we are deali…
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BassistPro · -4 points
I mean, that’s what you get for selling product “claimed to give energy or whatever the hell you want it to” that works as a placebo. Sham company
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
I hope you find some peace from your issues soon. When you find yourself wishing bad on others you don't even know, it's a big sign to really start looking inward.