Alexander Macris

@archon @Gmandam @TheEscapistMag Must be a half assed attempt since the site and that thread loads fine for me.

@EagleScoutDJB @Gmandam @TheEscapistMag I am afraid I'm not trained enough in systems admin to evaluate the efficacy of DDOS attacks.

@archon @Gmandam @TheEscapistMag If the sits up it's not working, a DDOS attack is supposed to overwhelm the servers and bring the site down

@EagleScoutDJB @archon The Escapist was actually unreachable for 3-4 hours earlier. They said h/ware error but prob. not unrelated.

@serencadi @EagleScoutDJB Forums have a high load on our DB and it caused the DB to crash. The attack is ongoing but we shut down forums.

@archon DDOS could be a distraction?

@archon Have you confirmed this? Jim Sterling says it's not unusual for it to go down on Saturday mornings...

@LoganMac91 Confirmed. Our DB manager says we have IP addresses reloading the GamerGate forum page 10000s of times per second.

@archon @TheEscapistMag How can a DDoS target a thread? Isn't it usually IP based? #GamerGate

@DWoDMotS @TheEscapistMag It is apparently a large number of different IP addresses reloading that forum thread many times per second.

@archon @DWoDMotS "different IP addresses reloading that forum thread" - Source of that info?

@Etherlad @archon It's his forum, so I guess the webservers logs are a possible source.

@DWoDMotS Ah crap, didn't check what position @archon has. My bad.

@archon @deviever @TheEscapistMag Has this been confirmed by @TheEscapistMag? I would love to see an official confirmation.

@AntithesisD @deviever @TheEscapistMag I am the Law.

@archon @deviever @AntithesisD @TheEscapistMag and this is what we are talking about.