Troy Hunt's tweet mentions the IA getting breached, defaced AND DDoSed. Here it is, in case you don't want to use that site:
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Let me share more on the chronology of this:
30 Sep: Someone sends me the breach, but I'm travelling and didn't realise the significance
5 Oct: I get a chance to look at it - whoa!
6 Oct: I get in contact with someone at IA and send the data, advising it's our goal to load within 72 hours
7 Oct: They confirm and I ask for a disclosure notice
8 Oct: I follow up on the disclosure notice and advise we'll load tomorrow
9 Oct: They get defaced and DDoS'd, right as the data is loading into HIBP
The timing on the last point seems to be entirely coincidental. It may also be multiple parties involved and when we're talking breach + defacement + DDoS, it's clearly not just one attack.
> The timing on the last point seems to be entirely coincidental. It may also be multiple parties involved and when we're talking breach + defacement + DDoS, it's clearly not just one attack.
It could also be that the attacker has compromised IA communication channels and timed it for maximum dramatic effect and confusion.
this was coordinated. several archive services hit around the same date. ddosecrets was the first to be hacked, as far as i can tell. span of one week.
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Let me share more on the chronology of this:
30 Sep: Someone sends me the breach, but I'm travelling and didn't realise the significance
5 Oct: I get a chance to look at it - whoa!
6 Oct: I get in contact with someone at IA and send the data, advising it's our goal to load within 72 hours
7 Oct: They confirm and I ask for a disclosure notice
8 Oct: I follow up on the disclosure notice and advise we'll load tomorrow
9 Oct: They get defaced and DDoS'd, right as the data is loading into HIBP
The timing on the last point seems to be entirely coincidental. It may also be multiple parties involved and when we're talking breach + defacement + DDoS, it's clearly not just one attack.
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