LOIC USES Denial-of-service flooding
Jack describes LOIC as flooding the target with traffic until it cannot handle legitimate customers.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 139 Details
“it floods the target IP with loads of traffic”
Technique
technique:denial_of_service_flooding
Also: DDoS, traffic flooding
Technique involving overwhelming a target with traffic so legitimate users cannot access it.
Technique involving overwhelming a target with traffic so legitimate users cannot access it.
“it floods the target IP with loads of traffic, overwhelming it”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | USES | LOIC | Explicit | 139 |
| incoming | USES | Tor's Hammer | Explicit | 139 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Operation Detroit | Explicit | 139 |
| incoming | USES | Default | Derived | 139 |
LOIC USES Denial-of-service flooding
Jack describes LOIC as flooding the target with traffic until it cannot handle legitimate customers.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 139 Details
“it floods the target IP with loads of traffic”
Tor's Hammer USES Denial-of-service flooding
Tor’s Hammer was described as flooding the target with traffic and taking the payment system offline.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 139 Details
“this also floods the target with a whole bunch of traffic”
Operation Detroit INVOLVES Denial-of-service flooding
The operation used traffic flooding against Detroit’s water-payment system, which went offline.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 139 Details
“together launched an attack on Detroit’s water payment system, and immediately it went offline”
Default USES Denial-of-service flooding
Default identifies the Detroit attack as the beginning of his politically motivated activity, while the episode describes his participation in the flooding attack.
Derived Confidence 85% · Default EP 139 Details
“that was our first segue into politically-motivated stuff”