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4 hours ago, Ray Gin said:

 

Don't forget publicly calling a cave rescuer a paedo because he dismissed one of his ideas as being unsuitable.

 

 

 

The subsequent court case wasn't particularly edifying either. Pretty sure the (winning) defence was that 'paedo' meant something different in South Africa.

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Watt-Zeefuik
Posted
3 hours ago, Spellczech said:

Hard to believe Larry Ellison is so rich. Oracle is rubbish - difficult to get data out of and the add-on modules which aim to make 1990s database software look like it belongs in the 21st century are just clunky. Basically they have a load of clients locked into very expensive maintenance contracts and he's the 4th richest man in the World off the back of that!

 

Elon Musk should be the new shining example that running your company well is not necessarily the same skill or action as making yourself unfathomably rich. In fact, at times the two are in opposition.

 

Oracle is an old monopoly, and it's fading but they're still rent seeking on companies that have decades of critical data stashed in it. Ellison is now inseparable from Oracle. Oracle bilks its customers, Ellison takes all the wealth (instead of investing it into, you know, making Oracle products not suck out loud) for himself. Musk buys Twitter, fires everyone, and just turns the platform into his own personal megaphone while the user base implodes.

Mikey1874
Posted

What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X

Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that’s not how it works.
 

The social network X suffered intermittent outages on Monday, a situation owner Elon Musk attributed to a “massive cyberattack.” Musk said in an initial X post that the attack was perpetrated by “either a large, coordinated group and/or a country.” In a post on Telegram, a pro-Palestinian group known as Dark Storm Team took credit for the attacks within a few hours. Later on Monday, though, Musk claimed in an interview on Fox Business Network that the attacks had come from Ukrainian IP addresses.

Web traffic analysis experts who tracked the incident on Monday were quick to emphasize that the type of attacks X seemed to face—distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attacks—are launched by a coordinated army of computers, or a “botnet,” pummeling a target with junk traffic in an attempt to overwhelm and take down its systems. Botnets are typically dispersed around the world, generating traffic with geographically diverse IP addresses, and they can include mechanisms that make it harder to determine where they are controlled from.

 
"It’s important to recognize that IP attribution alone is not conclusive. Attackers frequently use compromised devices, VPNs, or proxy networks to obfuscate their true origin," says Shawn Edwards, chief security officer of the network connectivity firm Zayo.
 

X did not return WIRED's requests for comment about the attacks.

Multiple researchers tell WIRED that they observed five distinct attacks of varying length against X's infrastructure, the first beginning early Monday morning with the final burst on Monday afternoon.

 

The internet intelligence team at Cisco's ThousandEyes tells WIRED in a statement, “During the disruptions, ThousandEyes observed network conditions that are characteristic of a DDoS attack, including significant traffic loss conditions which would have hindered users from reaching the application.”

 

DDoS attacks are common, and virtually all modern internet services experience them regularly and must proactively defend themselves. As Musk himself put it on Monday, “We get attacked every day.” Why, then, did these DDoS attacks cause outages for X? Musk said it was because “this was done with a lot of resources,” but independent security researcher Kevin Beaumont and other analysts see evidence that some X origin servers, which respond to web requests, weren't properly secured behind the company's Cloudflare DDoS protection and were publicly visible. As a result, attackers could target them directly. X has since secured the servers.

 

“The botnet was directly attacking the IP and a bunch more on that X subnet yesterday. It's a botnet of cameras and DVRs,” Beaumont says.

A few hours after the final attack concluded, Musk told Fox Business host Larry Kudlow in an interview, “We're not sure exactly what happened, but there was a massive cyberattack to try to bring down the X system with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area.”

 

 

DDoS traffic analysis can break down the firehose of junk traffic in different ways, including by listing the countries that had the most IP addresses involved in an attack. But one researcher from a prominent firm, who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about X, noted that they did not even see Ukraine in the breakdown of the top 20 IP address origins involved in the X attacks.

 

If Ukrainian IP addresses did contribute to the attacks, though, numerous researchers say that the fact alone is not noteworthy.

“What we can conclude from the IP data is the geographic distribution of traffic sources, which may provide insights into botnet composition or infrastructure used,” Zayo’s Edwards says. “What we can’t conclude with certainty is the actual perpetrator’s identity or intent.”

Posted

Tesla stock bloodbath continues, down another 5% today so far, despite the White House driveway sales pitch.

Watt-Zeefuik
Posted
17 hours ago, periodictabledancer said:

Ahem, cough.....

 

 

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Did not notice who the internal screencap was from at first.

 

Videos I never, ever want to see for $1000, Alex.

Posted
2 hours ago, Watt-Zeefuik said:

 

Did not notice who the internal screencap was from at first.

 

Videos I never, ever want to see for $1000, Alex.

 

It's also a fake tweet. 

Posted

Musk is now toxic, so much for rare earth minerals 

Watt-Zeefuik
Posted
36 minutes ago, BlueRiver said:

 

It's also a fake tweet. 

 

That's . . . somewhat of a relief.

JudyJudyJudy
Posted
45 minutes ago, BlueRiver said:

 

It's also a fake tweet. 

😄

JudyJudyJudy
Posted
9 minutes ago, Watt-Zeefuik said:

 

That's . . . somewhat of a relief.

 

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Psychedelicropcircle
Posted

Mr untouchable seems to have gone quiet. 🤐 

 

 

Posted
5 hours ago, Watt-Zeefuik said:

 

That's . . . somewhat of a relief.

 

Agreed. It is not something I'd have ever wanted to have to have read about being leaked 😂

Posted

Elon gets NIGHTMARE news about Tesla

 

 

 

Psychedelicropcircle
Posted

There was a couple of 25 plate teslas in the club car park yesterday 😡
 

 

ann budge ooooot

JudyJudyJudy
Posted
17 minutes ago, il Duce McTarkin said:

 

Brick Lane, apparently.

 

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Who wears it best ? Competition ? Def Putin 

 

 

Posted
10 hours ago, il Duce McTarkin said:

 

Brick Lane, apparently.

 

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Musk - Joseph Goebbels

Farage - Martin Bormann

Putin - Adolf Hitler

Netanyahu - Reinhard Heydrich 

Trump - Hermann Goring

 

The 4th Reich

Posted
3 hours ago, Victorian said:

 

Musk - Joseph Goebbels

Farage - Martin Bormann

Putin - Adolf Hitler

Netanyahu - Reinhard Heydrich 

Trump - Hermann Goring

 

The 4th Reich

Goring famed for being a fat impossibly vain buffoon. Which sort of fits. 

il Duce McTarkin
Posted
3 hours ago, Tazio said:

Goring famed for being a fat impossibly vain buffoon. Which sort of fits. 

 

New how rock a pair of jodhpurs, though.

Posted
14 hours ago, Tazio said:

Goring famed for being a fat impossibly vain buffoon. Which sort of fits. 

Also a heroin-addicted jakey, a manwhore, a thief and all-round ******* ****.

Although as bad as that is, he is still a saint compared to some of them. Heydrich being a prime example. 

il Duce McTarkin
Posted (edited)
22 minutes ago, trotter said:

Also a heroin-addicted jakey, a manwhore, a thief and all-round ******* ****.
 

 

:sadrobbo: Sound's like a chunk of the mates that I grew up with. Doesn't automatically make someone a bad person.

 

22 minutes ago, trotter said:

Although as bad as that is, he is still a saint compared to some of them. Heydrich being a prime example. 

 

Pure, evil. Totally indifferent to human life, to the plight of his fellow beings. Even his photo makes me uneasy, knowing what he did, what he was capable of, how he didn't GAF.

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Posted
3 hours ago, il Duce McTarkin said:

 

:sadrobbo: Sound's like a chunk of the mates that I grew up with. Doesn't automatically make someone a bad person.

 

 

Pure, evil. Totally indifferent to human life, to the plight of his fellow beings. Even his photo makes me uneasy, knowing what he did, what he was capable of, how he didn't GAF.


I have to stop myself getting really frustrated with people . You have clearly studied history from this period , and what you say is spot on . See when I see people posting things on here backing Trump and the stir of echoes he is channeling from these lessons that no longer seem to have been learned ? I dont care how it makes me appear , it is chilling . I get so angry and frustrated with stupid people . Stupid rightwing morons who just do not have a ****ing scooby . Depressing 

Posted

The big man is advocating for an 80 hour work week now, I see. Slash the workers, double the hours. That's one way to cut government spending.

 

 

Posted
8 hours ago, Norm said:

The big man is advocating for an 80 hour work week now, I see. Slash the workers, double the hours. That's one way to cut government spending.

 

 


Something I was thinking about earlier

 

The Dollar is taking a tumble . All this talk of workers rights being eroded and increasing hours for less pay and time off

 

Reminds me of the system in place in India and a few other third world nations . They are able to secure contracts from multinationals by undercutting countries who have minimum wages and holidays and inconvenient things like that . Probably what this maniac aspires to tbh 

Posted
2 hours ago, Star Lizard said:


Something I was thinking about earlier

 

The Dollar is taking a tumble . All this talk of workers rights being eroded and increasing hours for less pay and time off

 

Reminds me of the system in place in India and a few other third world nations . They are able to secure contracts from multinationals by undercutting countries who have minimum wages and holidays and inconvenient things like that . Probably what this maniac aspires to tbh 

He's said many times that the US needs to emulate the "work ethic" of Asia. 

Watt-Zeefuik
Posted (edited)

On a lighter note . . .

 

Tesla Full Self Driving is vulnerable to a "Wile E. Coyote" attack. Drives straight at a wall painted like a road without stopping.

 

https://futurism.com/tesla-wall-autopilot

 

Of note: other trial self-driving systems that don't rely on a bunch of webcams for critical functionality actually pass this test just fine.

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il Duce McTarkin
Posted
33 minutes ago, Watt-Zeefuik said:

On a lighter note . . .

 

Tesla Full Self Driving is vulnerable to a "Wile E. Coyote" attack. Drives straight at a wall painted like a road without stopping.

 

 

:lol:

Gundermann
Posted
1 hour ago, Watt-Zeefuik said:

On a lighter note . . .

 

Tesla Full Self Driving is vulnerable to a "Wile E. Coyote" attack. Drives straight at a wall painted like a road without stopping.

 

https://futurism.com/tesla-wall-autopilot

 

Of note: other trial self-driving systems that don't rely on a bunch of webcams for critical functionality actually pass this test just fine.

 

:Shanks:

 

Tesla becoming hot property again, I see.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/several-vehicles-set-on-fire-at-tesla-collision-center-in-las-vegas-police-say/ar-AA1B9CjY

highlandjambo3
Posted
8 hours ago, Norm said:

He's said many times that the US needs to emulate the "work ethic" of Asia. 

Eating like Asia would be a great start for the Sherman’s 😁

Posted
1 hour ago, Watt-Zeefuik said:

On a lighter note . . .

 

Tesla Full Self Driving is vulnerable to a "Wile E. Coyote" attack. Drives straight at a wall painted like a road without stopping.

 

https://futurism.com/tesla-wall-autopilot

 

Of note: other trial self-driving systems that don't rely on a bunch of webcams for critical functionality actually pass this test just fine.

 

 

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il Duce McTarkin
Posted
23 minutes ago, Ulysses said:

 

 

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I introduced my 4 year old to Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner around a month ago. 

Wish I had a video of the wee ***^ falling about laughing. It was a moment. :wub:

Posted

Multiple Teslas set on fire in Las Vegas. 

Posted
4 hours ago, Watt-Zeefuik said:

On a lighter note . . .

 

Tesla Full Self Driving is vulnerable to a "Wile E. Coyote" attack. Drives straight at a wall painted like a road without stopping.

 

https://futurism.com/tesla-wall-autopilot

 

Of note: other trial self-driving systems that don't rely on a bunch of webcams for critical functionality actually pass this test just fine.

 

:D 

Posted

It could be the woke mind parasite, Elon. Or it could be because you're a complete *****

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Star Lizard
Posted
25 minutes ago, Hansel said:

It could be the woke mind parasite, Elon. Or it could be because you're a complete *****

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Snarf

MoncurMacdonaldMercer
Posted
6 hours ago, Watt-Zeefuik said:

On a lighter note . . .

 

Tesla Full Self Driving is vulnerable to a "Wile E. Coyote" attack. Drives straight at a wall painted like a road without stopping.

 

https://futurism.com/tesla-wall-autopilot

 

 


:lol:

 

 

Posted

A fella writing here about why he thinks SpaceX will never work - but why that doesn't matter to Musk, because working isn't how SpaceX makes him money.

 

Starship Was Doomed From The Beginning - by Will Lockett

 

I don't know enough about the sums to test what he says, but the physics and the economics arguments do make sense.

Posted
12 hours ago, Watt-Zeefuik said:

On a lighter note . . .

 

Tesla Full Self Driving is vulnerable to a "Wile E. Coyote" attack. Drives straight at a wall painted like a road without stopping.

 

https://futurism.com/tesla-wall-autopilot

 

Of note: other trial self-driving systems that don't rely on a bunch of webcams for critical functionality actually pass this test just fine.


Bring on Banksy and fake roads plus tunnels everywhere infested by Teslas.

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