[nsp-sec] Re Twitter

[Bill Woodcock]

Anybody care to speculate on the accuracy of Jart's asserted facts?

                                 -Bill


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> Resent-From: Bill Woodcock <woody at pch.net>
> From: Jart Armin <jart at jartarmin.com>
> Date: August 7, 2009 11:39:33 AM PDT
> Resent-To: woody at mailhost.pch.net
> To: Bill Woodcock <woody at pch.net>
> Subject: cyxymu
>
> Hi Bill
>
> We have been following some of this concerning "cyxymu" the
> Georgian blogger & joe-job spam.
>
> It is an interesting theory and even more a coincidence I think you
> would agree, is it occurred on the anniversary of the initial cyberwar
> which proceeded the full invasion of Georgia - re: our report
> http://rbnexploit.blogspot.com/2008/08/rbn-georgia-cyberwarfare.html.
>
> We are pretty certain of our facts of yesterday; the Twitter DDoS
> emanated via Port80 (AS16150 PORT80-GLOBALTRANSIT) from the Ru servers
> AS9002 RETN / AS3216 SOVAM / &  AS8359 COMSTAR  and then through the
> European backbone.
> These servers we trace all the time and traced live yesterday, you
> know these are clearly Ru core servers and essentially gov controlled
> (FSB influenced).
>
> So the motives could be rather a brief (FSB fun) anniversary reminder,
> for a few of us, rather than to attack a specific blogger? Especially
> when they utilized exactly the same servers, exactly 12 months ago
> Aug/06/08, just to emphasize the message ;)
>
> In their sense, kicking the dog just to remind them who is the master;
> they do love their power games?
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Jart Armin
>
> Editor - HostExploit.com
>
> Twitter.com/HostExploit
>
> Supporters of the "Chain of Trust" initiative - StopBadware,
> Anti-Spyware Coalition, National Cyber Security Alliance
>
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