The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 13385958 United States 11/05/2012 11:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! The North American HUB shows that at least 15 MAJOR HUBS are DOWN. Is this normal? No. Someone is DELIBERATELY tampering with these hubs. It would be 'normal' for perhaps 1 or 2 to fluctuate off at a time...but 15 is IMPOSSIBLE without tampering. [link to www.internettrafficreport.com] What's the first order or business when you are about to invade your enemy? Take out their communications network.... [link to news.cnet.com] Obama can 'kill' the internet during a 'national crisis'....Sandy is an excuse to turn it off. They are gradually shutting it down. [/quote Oh my gosh, I hope not! |
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snark Forum Administrator User ID: 1050548 United States 11/05/2012 11:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! T For Texas, T For Tennessee! The virtue of courage is a prerequisite for the practice of all other virtues, because otherwise one is virtuous only when virtue has no cost. There are times when something needs to be done, and yet we know that if we step up and do this needful thing, we will pay a heavy personal price. -C.S. Lewis |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 23396145 Canada 11/05/2012 11:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! Yes, I have been thinking this is happening as well...I think a cyber enemy is doing penetration testing of our IT infrastructure...seeing what they can turn on or off at a later point when needed. If you scan the news over the past month for similar stories, there have been many all over the US. The phone system in my city was even inoperable for about 1 hour a few weeks ago, something that has never happened before, ever. Mods, this is a very important topic, please pin! |
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Guenwyfar User ID: 21285652 United States 11/06/2012 10:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! Actually, yes, it has sucked lately. Somehow this doesn't shock me anymore. Guenwyfar "Karma is like a rubberband.. it can only stretch so far before it comes back and smacks you in the face." "Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition." "Religion is like a penis, it's fine to have one and be proud of it, but when you take it out and wave it in my face, that's when we have a problem." |
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Saptaparna User ID: 865798 United States 11/06/2012 10:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! Saptaparna ~ Seven-leaves, sevenfold; the man-plant, sevenfold man, seven-principled human being. ~ Spinning infinity. The wheel is spinning me and it's never ending. ~ What if I say I'm not like the others? What if I say I'm not just another one of of your plays? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 27052243 United States 11/06/2012 10:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! Direct t.v been freezing up for about 3 weeks as well,called them several times and all they can say is that some glitches in the system and they are working on it. also having issues with local phone service |
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stillhere User ID: 26842649 United States 11/06/2012 10:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! Yes, mine is slower than ever and we are paying for the faster speed--it has been horrible. "You can bend it and twist it... You can misuse and abuse it... But even God cannot change the Truth.” Michael Levy |
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Resister User ID: 669410 United States 11/06/2012 10:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! There is plenty that is sinister going on. My brother works for a major telecomunications corp and they have been fighting these guys for quite awhile on behalf of their clients. Whole IP range blocks have been and are still necessary. I wish I could say more but I can't. The poster above who mentioned the kill switch is spot on, but the switch isn't in the hands you may think it is. Quoting: snark Whose hands then? The ISPs? Some dark alphabet agency like the NSA? "God forbid we should ever be 20 years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, & always, well informed... If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty... Let them take arms... What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. " - Thomas Jefferson in 1787 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 23367695 Canada 11/06/2012 10:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! The North American HUB shows that at least 15 MAJOR HUBS are DOWN. Quoting: mrclean Is this normal? No. Someone is DELIBERATELY tampering with these hubs. It would be 'normal' for perhaps 1 or 2 to fluctuate off at a time...but 15 is IMPOSSIBLE without tampering. [link to www.internettrafficreport.com] What's the first order or business when you are about to invade your enemy? Take out their communications network.... [link to news.cnet.com] Obama can 'kill' the internet during a 'national crisis'....Sandy is an excuse to turn it off. They are gradually shutting it down. your first mistake was believing Obummer has any power to control anything. He does what the masters tell him to do. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24887482 United States 11/06/2012 10:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! There is plenty that is sinister going on. My brother works for a major telecomunications corp and they have been fighting these guys for quite awhile on behalf of their clients. Whole IP range blocks have been and are still necessary. I wish I could say more but I can't. The poster above who mentioned the kill switch is spot on, but the switch isn't in the hands you may think it is. Quoting: snark oh how i love when posters withhold information for my own good... |
Fishticon User ID: 26214971 Canada 11/06/2012 10:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! Last night I had a very strange connection loss. I was still able to receive tweets on my Twitter program on my computer but I was unable to tweet back, go on websites, get my email, go on XBL, or do anything really. Its like they blocked out everything except for incoming tweets. Maybe to test that they can still send out emergency warnings like they do on on TV? |
****SUPERFLY**** User ID: 19055858 United States 11/06/2012 11:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! First of all this particular site blows ass for a month now and it's very irritating. Secondly, and more bothersome is the fact that any Google searches I do take about 10-15 seconds to occur no matter which PC i'm on. That has been happening about a month also. |
ExoPoliChick User ID: 12909685 Canada 11/06/2012 11:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! I've been experiencing it for weeks. I just assumed it had something to do with solar activity....I don't know. Last Edited by Ozone Baby on 11/06/2012 11:08 AM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Resident Led Zeppelin Expert (ask me anything!) Traveler of both time and space Fuck Trudeau. mRNA-Free and Proud. "The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.' ~ Chris Hitchens |
AmericanJedi User ID: 1503533 United States 11/06/2012 11:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! The North American HUB shows that at least 15 MAJOR HUBS are DOWN. Quoting: mrclean Is this normal? No. Someone is DELIBERATELY tampering with these hubs. It would be 'normal' for perhaps 1 or 2 to fluctuate off at a time...but 15 is IMPOSSIBLE without tampering. [link to www.internettrafficreport.com] What's the first order or business when you are about to invade your enemy? Take out their communications network.... [link to news.cnet.com] Obama can 'kill' the internet during a 'national crisis'....Sandy is an excuse to turn it off. They are gradually shutting it down. Thread: Internet Major Hubs: 18 are down... Not to be a dick, but I brought this up a week ago. (GLP aka American Jedi) Listen here you beautiful bitch, I'm about to fuck you up with some truth. Kenny Powers If you steal the dreams of others long enough, sooner or later you'll end up in a nightmare. American Jedi Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. Albert Einstein Satis Eloquentiae, Sapientiae Parum.... "The last of the old?" "No, the first of the new." |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 26298928 United States 11/06/2012 11:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! Last night I had a very strange connection loss. I was still able to receive tweets on my Twitter program on my computer but I was unable to tweet back, go on websites, get my email, go on XBL, or do anything really. Quoting: Fishticon Its like they blocked out everything except for incoming tweets. Maybe to test that they can still send out emergency warnings like they do on on TV? It almost sounds like someone's monkeying with the DNS. If your twitter program references an actual direct IP address and still gets data, but your browser doesn't, that is a reasonable first suspicion. |
lightchild_uk Waiting for IT User ID: 25940130 United Kingdom 11/06/2012 11:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The North American Internet is Under ATTACK! Does your internet connection suck lately? Here's why! There is plenty that is sinister going on. My brother works for a major telecomunications corp and they have been fighting these guys for quite awhile on behalf of their clients. Whole IP range blocks have been and are still necessary. I wish I could say more but I can't. The poster above who mentioned the kill switch is spot on, but the switch isn't in the hands you may think it is. Quoting: snark Whose hands then? The ISPs? Some dark alphabet agency like the NSA? Or the Chinese? Beware of the yellow peril |
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