Comment on Trump social media site brought down by Iran hackers

Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• theherk@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Can be a component of it.

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  • damnedfurry@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Mailing someone more letters than they’re capable of replying to is not equivalent to, nor a component of, gaining access to the inside of their home.

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    • theherk@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Disabling network security and edge devices to change the properties of ingress can absolutely be a component of an attack plan.

      Just like overwhelming a postal sorting center could prevent a parcel containing updated documentation from reaching the receiver needing that information.

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    • pachrist@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I mean, I know JK Rowling sucks, and it’s been a long time since the first Harry Potter movie came out, but it was definitely a component and precursor to Hagrid beating the shit out of that door.

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      • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        To be fair, they had moved to an unsecure location that was a much softer target by that point. Can a DDOS force someone to move their services over to the equivalent of a century old light house in the middle of England?

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