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martin-ttoday at 4:33 AM2 repliesview on HN

Why would an attacker move on if it can maintain a successful DoS attack forever?


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xmcp123today at 4:42 AM

Because botnets are mostly there to make money nowadays. Or owned by state actors.

Either way, it’s opportunity cost.

flippedtoday at 9:39 AM

The mentioned botnet didn't intentionally take down I2P. It's run by bunch of kids who don't know what they're doing.