enhanced_deficit
01-09-2017, 08:15 AM
Mediamatters.org, a site funded by Obama financier Soros, had recently declared Drudge Report "Putin's Top Media Cheerleader":
Someone is trying to take down the Drudge Report — and it's a mystery who's behind it
Oliver Darcy
Jan. 8, 2017, 10:43 AM
Mike Nudelman/Business Insider
The Drudge Report, the highly trafficked conservative news website, has been knocked offline for extended periods of time over the course of the last two weeks, succumbing to large distributed denial of service attacks, according to its founder, Matt Drudge.
And it's a mystery who's behind it all.
Drudge wrote on Twitter that a December 30 attack was the "biggest DDoS since [the] site's inception."
A DDoS attack is executed by using hijacked computers or electronic devices to flood a website with redundant requests, aiming to overload the website's hosting server and render it unavailable.
But, according to cybersecurity experts who spoke to Business Insider, using such a method to take down the Drudge Report would not be easy.
The website is already equipped to handle a high volume of visitors and scale out to accommodate spikes in traffic. Moreover, a website that generates so many page views would likely employ strong defense measures, the cybersecurity experts said.
http://www.businessinsider.com/hackers-ddos-drudge-report-2017-1
Un-related
Obama Set To Announce Economic Sanctions And "Covert Cyber Ops" Against Russia For "Election Hacking"
Dec 27, 2016 8:15 PM
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-27/obama-administration-set-announce-sanctions-against-russia-election-hacking
How The Drudge Report Became Vladimir Putin’s Top Media Cheerleader
September 9, 2016
http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2016/09/09/drudgeputin.jpg
On Labor Day, visitors to the Drudge Report, the conservative news aggregator operated by Matt Drudge, were greeted by an above-the-fold story about the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Obama at the G20 Summit in China. Drudge’s headline for the story was “Lion And The Pussycat”:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/3BxT6XkIslcgw3K-1UhBMuCR7UjZ8T5nRjf52ODSG78XidaDFL-L4nOR4gBgBMZ8OzLu3NTPu8hVRu-7F7w340HdNo_egd7ncl5tTtoZFJbRKKGTcDG-_czXfNum7L0Mcrwy2OB7Hy5bhUBBLQ
The Drudge headline is part of a larger pattern from the site of consistently promoting Putin and his strongman style of leadership (the “Lion”), which Drudge has often contrasted with President Obama, whom he characterizes as a weaker leader (the “Pussycat”). Drudge has also consistently promoted pro-Russian news and information, repeatedly harping on the idea that American power is weakening and in decline.
Matt Drudge has extolled the virtues of Vladimir Putin for some time. In 2013, Drudge declared (http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/09/06/a-right-wing-media-star-is-born-vladimir-putin/195756) that “Putin is the leader of the free world,” adding to a chorus of conservatives backing the Russian leader. Around the same time, Drudge featured (http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2013/09/09/20130909_221513.htm) Putin at the top of his site as “Putin To The Rescue” (a headline he would re-use two years later) as the leader began discussing a possible military role for Russia in Syria.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/JlnC3mtfYGHam0-zDVav6iDhI8reqvxsqBh_yIbAxZwqQ_r2XyYQ7X2aG0JGmqU2U iQRvUEeid-UtcNBc_w6SVi312DemOUrcCO7oGiKJ0gnM2rz-I9RgUp-Uwj-Agj525_I2U2W
Over the past few years, Drudge has used his site to promote a steady stream of stories favorable to Putin, often while denigrating President Obama and the United States.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/09/09/how-drudge-report-became-vladimir-putin-s-top-media-cheerleader/212960
Someone is trying to take down the Drudge Report — and it's a mystery who's behind it
Oliver Darcy
Jan. 8, 2017, 10:43 AM
Mike Nudelman/Business Insider
The Drudge Report, the highly trafficked conservative news website, has been knocked offline for extended periods of time over the course of the last two weeks, succumbing to large distributed denial of service attacks, according to its founder, Matt Drudge.
And it's a mystery who's behind it all.
Drudge wrote on Twitter that a December 30 attack was the "biggest DDoS since [the] site's inception."
A DDoS attack is executed by using hijacked computers or electronic devices to flood a website with redundant requests, aiming to overload the website's hosting server and render it unavailable.
But, according to cybersecurity experts who spoke to Business Insider, using such a method to take down the Drudge Report would not be easy.
The website is already equipped to handle a high volume of visitors and scale out to accommodate spikes in traffic. Moreover, a website that generates so many page views would likely employ strong defense measures, the cybersecurity experts said.
http://www.businessinsider.com/hackers-ddos-drudge-report-2017-1
Un-related
Obama Set To Announce Economic Sanctions And "Covert Cyber Ops" Against Russia For "Election Hacking"
Dec 27, 2016 8:15 PM
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-27/obama-administration-set-announce-sanctions-against-russia-election-hacking
How The Drudge Report Became Vladimir Putin’s Top Media Cheerleader
September 9, 2016
http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2016/09/09/drudgeputin.jpg
On Labor Day, visitors to the Drudge Report, the conservative news aggregator operated by Matt Drudge, were greeted by an above-the-fold story about the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Obama at the G20 Summit in China. Drudge’s headline for the story was “Lion And The Pussycat”:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/3BxT6XkIslcgw3K-1UhBMuCR7UjZ8T5nRjf52ODSG78XidaDFL-L4nOR4gBgBMZ8OzLu3NTPu8hVRu-7F7w340HdNo_egd7ncl5tTtoZFJbRKKGTcDG-_czXfNum7L0Mcrwy2OB7Hy5bhUBBLQ
The Drudge headline is part of a larger pattern from the site of consistently promoting Putin and his strongman style of leadership (the “Lion”), which Drudge has often contrasted with President Obama, whom he characterizes as a weaker leader (the “Pussycat”). Drudge has also consistently promoted pro-Russian news and information, repeatedly harping on the idea that American power is weakening and in decline.
Matt Drudge has extolled the virtues of Vladimir Putin for some time. In 2013, Drudge declared (http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/09/06/a-right-wing-media-star-is-born-vladimir-putin/195756) that “Putin is the leader of the free world,” adding to a chorus of conservatives backing the Russian leader. Around the same time, Drudge featured (http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2013/09/09/20130909_221513.htm) Putin at the top of his site as “Putin To The Rescue” (a headline he would re-use two years later) as the leader began discussing a possible military role for Russia in Syria.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/JlnC3mtfYGHam0-zDVav6iDhI8reqvxsqBh_yIbAxZwqQ_r2XyYQ7X2aG0JGmqU2U iQRvUEeid-UtcNBc_w6SVi312DemOUrcCO7oGiKJ0gnM2rz-I9RgUp-Uwj-Agj525_I2U2W
Over the past few years, Drudge has used his site to promote a steady stream of stories favorable to Putin, often while denigrating President Obama and the United States.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/09/09/how-drudge-report-became-vladimir-putin-s-top-media-cheerleader/212960