When you notice Lemmy is quieter than usual, then have a look at the Lemmy.world status - Lemmy
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Seems like they are under attack again, will those people never stop? I feel sorry for the admin team.

We’re getting scapegoated for the DDOS attack that affected us too yesterday, all because @Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net made one (admittedly kinda funny) joke here.

Normally I wouldn’t post petty internet bullshit like this but I thought our admins should know.

Edit: Entire thread is a gold mine for dunk tank material tho

Edit2: Now the Spook of @Alaskaball@hexbear.net is getting namedropped

Edit3: So after some digging (read: 5 mins browsing lemmy instances) another user made this post saying the attacker was someone with a personal beef with .world completely unrelated to us? Documented methodology of attack is different but similar to the spam bot we got hit with too, but idk I’m just amateur hour here not an OpSec pro.

Edit4: I was trying to click on the links provided in that post to double check but lemmy.world went down data-laughing

Edit5: Official Statement

So who is attacking us? One thing that is clear is that those responsible of these attacks know the ins and outs of Lemmy. They know which database requests are the most taxing and they are always quick to find another as soon as we close one off. That’s one of the only things we know for sure about our attackers. Being the biggest instance and having defederated with a couple of instances has made us a target.

Damn, I never knew what it was like to live somewhere rent-free until now

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]English
    97•1 year ago

    Wow they’re really are attacking themselves and thinking it’s us, huh.

    Liberals stabbing themselves and then blaming commies, name a more iconic duo

    • CriticalOtaku [he/him]OPEnglish
      76•1 year ago

      That no one bothered to check if we were down as well before slinging accusations is really telling, I think. I only wandered in there by accident because I was curious if other lemmy instances were affected by the DDoS attack on us.

      Lmao, federation/defederation will be a problem that solves itself, but it’s been very entertaining so far

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]English
        48•1 year ago

        Locking myself in my room and refusing to answer the door, then crying because my engagement has tanked out and this must also be Hexbear gaming the system.

        • CriticalOtaku [he/him]OPEnglish
          44•1 year ago

          There are people in the thread pointing out that it’s been a recurring issue to do with Lemmy itself, but noooooooo spoooky commies specter