We obviously weren't surprised the DDoS would start up again. We've had plenty of experience with attacks, both against our forum and Castlecops.com. In those instances, they kept coming back, week after week, each time the forums reappeared.
But the intensity of this attack is a bit of a puzzle. They're conducting a much heavier attack this time. IBR just went off line the last time when hit with the smaller attack. So regardless of how much traffic they send, they're still not striking any target. They do allow us to collect more IP addresses during brief periods of data collection. But there's not much point going nuclear when we were perfectly happy to go off line and wait during the less intense attack.
On the other hand, I do hope law enforcement is noting that these attackers are a serious threat and should be addressed aggressively. Not all websites have the luxury of conducting their operations offline whenever needed. What would a bunch of criminals like these guys be doing with that botnet when they aren't attacking us? I'm sure they're not using it to sell Girl Scout Cookies.
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