Even funnier : Not long after the segment aired , the FCC ’s websitecrashed . Many believed that the Oliver segment was to pick — not an excessive thought , givenwhat come about last timethe British comedian covered net disinterest . But now , the FCC is claiming it was the object of multiple distributed disaffirmation of service ( DDoS ) attacks .
grant to astatementposted on the FCC ’s internet site from the government agency ’s chief information officer :
As Recode reporter Tony Rommpointed out , this statement put forward a mickle more questions than it answers . What is the “ analysis ” that on the face of it establish the crash came from a coordinated fire , and not from Oliver ’s segment ? How did those execute that “ psychoanalysis fancy this out ? For outdoor observers , it ’s tough to say just what ’s going on : A DDoS and a clangor due to an ingenuous increment in dealings would both in all likelihood look fairly similar for the user . What differentiate a internet site crashing due to genuine traffic from a DDoS onrush is that DDoS typically imply a hack commanding a “ botnet”—an army of malware infect devices — to swamp a internet site with traffic , clogging it with requests until it becomes inaccessible to the public .
But given the famine of point in the FCC ’s argument , it ’s fairly much insufferable for anyone not secret to the “ psychoanalysis ” to assure what in reality take place . Moreover , according to tweets sent at the time , the site went down almost immediately after Oliver ’s show ended :
https://twitter.com/embed/status/861423089250435074
Multiple endeavor to reach the office were n’t straight off reelect . FCC , please call me .
Update 5:45pm : FCC spokesperson Mark Wigfield furnish the following command , after we demand how the FCC knew there was a DDos freestanding from commenters directed to the site from John Oliver ’s segment : “ Libby , we jazz it was a DDos blast . We have no manner of knowing the need . ”
Fight for the Future , a pro - net neutrality digital rights protagonism arrangement , hascalledon the FCC to “ at once release its logs to an sovereign security psychoanalyst or major intelligence outlet to swear just what happen last night . ”
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