Machiavellianism
Many of you may have noticed that there is a persistent theme / narrative being pushed out into the public consciousness by the MSM, and it usually involves some appointed bogeyman to point a finger at.
All the world's a stage
Be the change you want to see in the world, or to put it in a slightly more insinuating way; Create problem, offer solution, profit.
I am willing to bet that the "brute force" attempts being described here are just attempts at using passwords gleaned from a hacked 3rd party web service database dump, to which there are many. Ashley Madison for example.
Brute force attacks have been around for a long time, mitigations include IP blocking, account lockout for a set period, and the best one of all 2FA, or even 3FA (something you know, something you have, something you are). One would assume they automatically block known TOR exit nodes. So really, what the actual fuck is this non-story about?
It's about forcing a policy desire onto the public through Machiavellian methods, that's what this is about
Biting the hand that feeds IT
