Old-school hacktivism is back because it never went away
Mysterious Team Bangladesh has carried out 846 attacks since June 2022, mostly DDoS
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3 Aug 2023 | 7
Redundancy
Well if we all had 2 of everything, we would all have backups.
If we all had 4 of everything, we would have totally redundant systems ready to swing in when the poo hits the fan.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your point of view) infrastructure, programming, staff and the like is generally provided to a managed budget, and risks generally factored in. There is a balance - risk Vs cost. and there is a judgement to be made. Money is an object, we cant escape that.
When a criminal ransacks say a bricks and mortar shop at 10.00pm generally the glazing firm has to clear up the mess a bit and board the place up, the shop keeper has to come in and appraise the situation and in the morning the staff need to make the place safe. Eventually, the police send the forensic people around to figure out what went on.
I guess net/ system admins are in the same boat... See a DOS attack, close the port to that IP range.. Find a rogue script - isolate it and kill it off. i.e. they are the first line of defence, and sometimes their work, naturally screws the evidence chain.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
