It’s been tried. A huge percentage of the internet runs on Amazon web services… And a massive ddos attack on that barely bumped it beyond the level of holiday shopping.
To get anywhere on “taking down the internet” they’d probably have to physically take out many sites across the globe.
Sea cables are probably the most vulnerable point of the internet. There are comparatively few of them (on the order of a few hundreds), they are long, and most of their length is not guarded at all. The only reason I can think of, why nobody has targeted them at large is that it would also cut of the attacker.
800XL@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Fuck it, take down the entire internet
saruwatarikooji@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s been tried. A huge percentage of the internet runs on Amazon web services… And a massive ddos attack on that barely bumped it beyond the level of holiday shopping.
To get anywhere on “taking down the internet” they’d probably have to physically take out many sites across the globe.
isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
“accidentally” leaving an anchor dragging across an intercontinental internet cable would do it
jasoman@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Russia is working on it just support Russia. /s
abdominable@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
You say this like the hour all major SAAS went down 2 weeks ago was nothing. MILLIONS lost in business hours is not nothing.
BilboBargains@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Who gives a fuck about the travails of corporations on the internet?
squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sea cables are probably the most vulnerable point of the internet. There are comparatively few of them (on the order of a few hundreds), they are long, and most of their length is not guarded at all. The only reason I can think of, why nobody has targeted them at large is that it would also cut of the attacker.