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		yAnonymous on March 27, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Baidu Has Been Hijacked to Attack GitHub >redirect the attacker back at one of their own resources Why only one? :)

hk__2 on March 27, 2015 [–]

Because that’s not a DDoS anymore if you target a lot of traffic to a lot of different resources.

yAnonymous on April 1, 2015 | [–]

Yes, it is an amplified DDoS. The attack doesn't become weaker, it would only target more machines.

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