Technique

DDoS attack

technique:ddos_attack Also: DDOS attack, DDoS, DDoSing, distributed denial-of-service, distributed denial-of-service attack

Availability attack used against Dream, Empire, Nightmare, and later SamSara according to the episode.

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Relationships

Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
incoming ASSOCIATED_WITH Dream Market Explicit 58
incoming ASSOCIATED_WITH Empire Explicit 58
incoming ASSOCIATED_WITH Nightmare Explicit 58
incoming INVOLVES Operation Eligible Receiver Explicit 83
incoming INVOLVES Sony PlayStation Network and Xbox Live DDoS attack Explicit 159
incoming USES Ryan Explicit 159

Claims

Dream Market ASSOCIATED_WITH DDoS attack

Dream Market was reported to be under a DDoS attack by hackers demanding payment.

Explicit Confidence 93% · Jack Rhysider EP 58 Details

“Dream Market was under a DDoS attack by hackers demanding $400,000”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 42302–42368

Empire ASSOCIATED_WITH DDoS attack

Empire was reported to be among the marketplaces receiving DDoS attacks.

Explicit Confidence 95% · Jack Rhysider EP 58 Details

“two other leading marketplaces, Empire and Nightmare, were also getting Ddossed”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 42545–42624

Nightmare ASSOCIATED_WITH DDoS attack

Nightmare was reported to be among the marketplaces receiving DDoS attacks.

Explicit Confidence 95% · Jack Rhysider EP 58 Details

“two other leading marketplaces, Empire and Nightmare, were also getting Ddossed”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 42545–42624

Operation Eligible Receiver INVOLVES DDoS attack

The exercise involved actively conducting DDoS attacks.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 83 Details

“They were actively conducting DDoS attacks”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 69711–69753

Sony PlayStation Network and Xbox Live DDoS attack INVOLVES DDoS attack

The Sony PlayStation Network and Xbox Live incident was described as a major DDoS attack.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Joe Tidy EP 159 Details

“this amazingly huge and incredible DDOS attack on Sony PlayStation Network and Xbox Live”

Joe Tidy · offsets 1736–1824

Ryan USES DDoS attack

Ryan admits involvement in taking down Xbox Live and PlayStation Network in the DDoS attack.

Explicit Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 159 Details

“this kid calling himself Ryan appearing on Sky News not hiding his face or voice at all, admitting to taking down Xbox Live and PlayStation”