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117. Maybe they've been around a long time...but is it legal?

Sat Nov 9, 2013, 10:53 AM

Nov 2013

A ReThug in Mass. went to jail for deliberately jamming the phone lines of the Dem party. (Don't remember the details.) I believe jamming the ACA gov site is even worse so they should be imprisoned also and soon ...making it an example of what will happen if they continue this illegal practice.

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Denial-of-service tool targeting Healthcare.gov site discovered [View all] Paolo123 Nov 2013 OP

i am surprised unblock Nov 2013 #1

I've been suspecting this from day one. thecrow Nov 2013 #20

Me too -- It doesn't surprise me in the least....They've done shit like this before.. whathehell Nov 2013 #29

They probably won't expose them, especially for who they are (rw nutjobs) loudsue Nov 2013 #32

Why not?...It would be too big and juicy to bury, don't you think? whathehell Nov 2013 #35

The media, as corporatists, are on the side of destroying ACA. They aren't going to besmirch anyone loudsue Nov 2013 #45

Precisely. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #54

I know what you're saying but.. whathehell Nov 2013 #74

This message was self-deleted by its author panader0 Nov 2013 #62

I am not surprised the didn't FIND other attacks BlueStreak Nov 2013 #65

Gee...shocking...not. nt MADem Nov 2013 #2

I'm not surprised, either. Wait Wut Nov 2013 #3

Maybe they contracted it out... Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #50

True, and depressing. Wait Wut Nov 2013 #52

It doesn't necessarily take a lot of knowledge. Ash_F Nov 2013 #91

Really not surprised with the sludge we often have in the US anymore. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2013 #4

Its time for the federal government to start felony charges Stargazer99 Nov 2013 #5

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner. Scuba Nov 2013 #19

That "tool" dipsydoodle Nov 2013 #6

Do you know how behind the times Republicans are? Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #11

lol dipsydoodle Nov 2013 #12

McCain's email... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #18

They'd have done more damage, JoeyT Nov 2013 #86

I wouldn't be surprised to see poke commands. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #92

DOS attacks are pretty amateur and DeadEyeDyck Nov 2013 #104

Now the question is WHO DID IT!!!!! bigdarryl Nov 2013 #7

I am sure Anonyomous and wiki may be able to figure it out riverbendviewgal Nov 2013 #30

+1 meegbear Nov 2013 #75

Republicans, I bet. nt raccoon Nov 2013 #107

"We HAVE the right to CIVIL disobedience!" PatrynXX Nov 2013 #8

I believe... Springslips Nov 2013 #70

Follow the money back to the Koch Brothers. onehandle Nov 2013 #9

Amen! nt tblue Nov 2013 #60

THIS!!! ^^^^^^^ Peacetrain Nov 2013 #61

How about we just make them walk the plank into the Ouachita river they've polluted? nightscanner59 Nov 2013 #89

All the assets of all the perpetrators indepat Nov 2013 #95

Time to find who did that, and give decades in prison Dopers_Greed Nov 2013 #10

Hell, maybe we should set up our own prisons AAO Nov 2013 #49

No. Not WIT you on this. displacedtexan Nov 2013 #81

DARN I forgot the sarcasm smilie at the end. So sorry! n/t AAO Nov 2013 #94

Yeah, not surprising at all nt meadowlark5 Nov 2013 #13

Quite unpatriotic, even terrorist like behavior, don't you think? ffr Nov 2013 #14

Yes Paolo123 Nov 2013 #16

If you don't like the term "Terrorist" SCVDem Nov 2013 #34

lol. Paolo123 Nov 2013 #64

I haven't been watching TV all day but here's my question bigdarryl Nov 2013 #15

Still cumming. Scuba Nov 2013 #21

No, honey bunny.... ReRe Nov 2013 #26

This needs to be 2naSalit Nov 2013 #17

It's all they got, deride and destroy. They can't build. They can't create or plan or invent. byronius Nov 2013 #22

Perfect description of them... n/t freshwest Nov 2013 #43

You mean Issa and this goons didn't get this info Iliyah Nov 2013 #23

Yep, Issa is going to jump on this as soon as he can find something on the Democrats Thinkingabout Nov 2013 #101

I Told You So albino65 Nov 2013 #24

I wondered about that, too. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2013 #25

And they have the right to be in jail riverbendviewgal Nov 2013 #27

Google Search engine rigged? Pokeemahn Nov 2013 #28

welcome to DU gopiscrap Nov 2013 #33

No surprise there, since "Obamacare" is the conservative name for it. arcane1 Nov 2013 #38

It's called a Google Bomb. alfredo Nov 2013 #39

I just googled "obamacare" and the first non-ad site listed was healthcare.gov. PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #77

Where is the republican outrage NOW! liberal N proud Nov 2013 #31

"Smirk" - RepubliBaggers Against America (R) Berlum Nov 2013 #36

So what is the penalty watoos Nov 2013 #37

Surprise??? Oh...NOT! SoapBox Nov 2013 #40

So all you people telling us we were being paranoid when we said they were sabotaging it... Downtown Hound Nov 2013 #41

+1 greatlaurel Nov 2013 #51

+1 SoapBox Nov 2013 #63

yep, thankyou thank you, Thank You. Whisp Nov 2013 #69

not surprised dembotoz Nov 2013 #42

New Hampshire 2002? underpants Nov 2013 #44

Can they be charged, arrested, billed for damages? Wernothelpless Nov 2013 #46

I called this one on about Day Three and people here poo-poohed me. kestrel91316 Nov 2013 #47

There was no reason to pooh-pooh it. Hissyspit Nov 2013 #48

My first guess. There wasn't much interest. Must not be a lot of network admins on DU. AAO Nov 2013 #57

I remember that. You and many others. Whisp Nov 2013 #71

I wonder if it was sponsored by the GOP MynameisBlarney Nov 2013 #53

re:Denial-of-service tool targeting Healthcare.gov site discovered allan01 Nov 2013 #55

I got nothing... nothing..... Bennyboy Nov 2013 #56

I hope they follow the trail to where it most likely leads. SchmerzImArsch Nov 2013 #58

Sabotage. It needs to be said out loud. tblue Nov 2013 #59

Our esteemed cyber intelligence apparatus is not capable of blocking and or Puzzledtraveller Nov 2013 #110

Hacker Tool Targets Healthcare.gov WSJ whiteroses Nov 2013 #66

Why did it take them this long to discover this? The Stranger Nov 2013 #67

of course not surprised. And to all those who pooh poohed this possibility here on DU Whisp Nov 2013 #68

Discovered software available. Puzzledtraveller Nov 2013 #72

This makes all the sense in the world, and has been Republican SOP since day one of the Omaba Admin. DFW Nov 2013 #73

I hope Obama... sendero Nov 2013 #76

The MSM is practically silent on this. Where is the outrage, Wolf??? nt kelliekat44 Nov 2013 #78

Where's the evidence of an actual DOS attack on healthcare.gov ? PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #79

By GOP standards, no evidence is needed, just speculation, rumor, and the media.nt kelliekat44 Nov 2013 #96

Yes, this thread is filled with Fox-news type analysis and outrage. n/t PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #97

No, just a knee jerk rageathon Puzzledtraveller Nov 2013 #111

In the server logs. tridim Nov 2013 #114

GOP is literally the party of denial of service IronLionZion Nov 2013 #80

Can they be prosecuted? Coyotl Nov 2013 #82

Great catch for LBN readers. Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Nov 2013 #83

Thank you. Paolo123 Nov 2013 #93

Every other method short of violence has been tried... Orsino Nov 2013 #84

Civil Disobedience Bobcat Nov 2013 #85

Makes sense. Thought it was something like this. Aldo Leopold Nov 2013 #87

K&R! Pryderi Nov 2013 #88

Smoke'm out and prosecute them to the max. Historic NY Nov 2013 #90

TOTALLY! ancianita Nov 2013 #98

I didn't know there was a program like that. The makers belong in jail! Auntie Bush Nov 2013 #99

then somebody should be arrested Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2013 #100

They have been around a long time and these kind of attacks happen all the time. Puzzledtraveller Nov 2013 #112

Maybe they've been around a long time...but is it legal? Auntie Bush Nov 2013 #117

October Surprise Part Deux Rain Mcloud Nov 2013 #102

I'd like to say I'm surprised Prophet 451 Nov 2013 #103

I was sincerely wonderfing JackInGreen Nov 2013 #105

I have suspected proxy attacks and disabling hacking since the start nikto Nov 2013 #106

So? IT HAD BETTER BE ABLE TO HANDLE ATTACKS. truthisfreedom Nov 2013 #108

so any IP auto-refreshing 20,50,100 web-pages-trace them and file charges against them Sunlei Nov 2013 #109

Just as I thought... CTyankee Nov 2013 #113

Interesting Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2013 #115

How would you like it paper or plastic polynomial Nov 2013 #116