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Independent investigative journalist. Writes about cybercrime. Author of 'Spam Nation', a NYT bestseller. Wrote for The Washington Post '95-'09

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    briankrebs‏Verified account @briankrebs 20 Sep 2016

    per the last tweet, they threw it all at my site; SYN Flood, GET Flood, ACK Flood, POST Flood, GRE Protocol Flood]; 665.00 Gbps;143.50 Mpps

    6:15 PM - 20 Sep 2016
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      1. Avi Deitcher‏ @avideitcher 20 Sep 2016
        Replying to @briankrebs

        wow. What is your mitigation? Who absorbed all of that and kept on going?

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      2. briankrebs‏Verified account @briankrebs 20 Sep 2016
        Replying to @avideitcher

        akamai/prolexic

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      1. Robᵉʳᵗ Graham  🤔 [no longer at DEF CON]‏ @ErrataRob 20 Sep 2016
        Replying to @briankrebs

        post pcaps or didn't happen

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      1. Joseph Steinberg‏Verified account @JosephSteinberg 21 Sep 2016
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        665 Gbps! + use of GRE + no DNS amp. = someone wants you to know (and tell the world) he/she has a super-botnet? #cybersecurity

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      1. LosT/李智上‏ @1o57 20 Sep 2016
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        awesome Brian

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      1. Mike Spinney‏ @spinzo 20 Sep 2016
        Replying to @briankrebs

        gonna start calling you Noah.

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      2.  🕶‏ @taylorbuley 20 Sep 2016
        Replying to @spinzo @briankrebs

        just needs a beard!pic.twitter.com/YDUoiOaUao

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      3. Mike Spinney‏ @spinzo 20 Sep 2016
        Replying to @taylorbuley @briankrebs

        ha!

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      1. Ofer Gayer‏ @ofergayer 20 Sep 2016
        Replying to @briankrebs

        would love to see some graphs 👍 waiting for 665 Mpps @ 143.5Gbps

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      1. Istvan‏ @lix 23 Sep 2016
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        time for a torrent based content delivery network with your content

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      1. silentgiant‏ @darksilentgiant 20 Sep 2016
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        against a website, prolexic seems good. what about a hosted application?

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      1.  🕶‏ @taylorbuley 20 Sep 2016
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        Should the need ever arise please allow me to chair the Committee of Journalists for the Protection of Brian Krebs

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      1. Captain Beertastic‏ @Peej_Jones 20 Sep 2016
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        Oof

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      1. Cooloutac‏ @Cooloutac 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @briankrebs

        everyone had their AOL password stolen at one point. haha. for me internet lasted another 5 years afterwards, but then died.

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      2. Cooloutac‏ @Cooloutac 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @Cooloutac @briankrebs

        now its only facebook, twiiter, or LoL, cause I guess they got the networking muscle behind them.

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      1. Cooloutac‏ @Cooloutac 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @briankrebs

        chatroom forum spammers, and online video game cheaters and ddosers ruined the internet after 2005 theyalso killed .com boom era

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      1. Cooloutac‏ @Cooloutac 10 Oct 2016
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        LMAO, they finally arresting these kids now though right? bout time. i hope it helps gaming communities n internet in general.

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      1. Andre Baumeier‏ @ABaumeier 21 Sep 2016
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        sounds like you pissed someone off badly :D

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