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Warpy

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20. Hold on there, cowboy!

Reply to Olafjoy (Reply #19)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 10:52 PM

Jun 2020

Anonymous identified the attack, they didn't provoke it or carry it out. They're the good guys.

My link suggested the Chinese were responsible. We'll see, unless Moxcow Mitch blocks announcing the culprit.

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Anonymous Tweets U.S. Hit By Major DDoS Attack on June 15 [View all] Warpy Jun 2020 OP

ah, might explain why my sister just experienced no text reception and now no calls going through Kali Jun 2020 #1

My daughter has T-Mobile and cannot call anyone but me. I have a land line and am not affected. katmondoo Jun 2020 #12

Thanks MissB Jun 2020 #2

Hmmm...trial run for...what? I wonder... Lucinda Jun 2020 #3

poss messing up election results in november. AllaN01Bear Jun 2020 #7

Chase Bank Might Be a Target Stallion Jun 2020 #4

russians again. AllaN01Bear Jun 2020 #5

I sure hope they know who the enemy is and isnt. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #6

I'm hoping Moscow Mitch is finding it horribly inconvenient Warpy Jun 2020 #8

Cell carriers use a public-facing network for their call handling? Pretty stupid if true. PSPS Jun 2020 #9

Yep malaise Jun 2020 #10

Here also Timewas Jun 2020 #11

I have T Mobile Sunsky Jun 2020 #13

Same here Pacifist Patriot Jun 2020 #15

My phone has been in and out almost all day. We were thinking ecstatic Jun 2020 #14

Has anyone actually taken "Anonymous" seriously since the early 2010s? Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2020 #16

I am betting on a Century-Link or Level 3 outage.. LiberalArkie Jun 2020 #17

I have a landline. SamKnause Jun 2020 #18

I do telemedicine Olafjoy Jun 2020 #19

Hold on there, cowboy! Warpy Jun 2020 #20