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    World Series ticket problem blamed on attack

    Yesterday the Colorado Rockies web site completely failed when World Series tickets went on sale. It was a fiasco, with no news about what was happening for hours. Now they have posted this "dog ate my homework" press release here.

    Excerpt:

    "It's been an extremely frustrating day for our fans and the entire Rockies' organization," said Keli McGregor, Rockies team president. "Our Web site, and ultimately our fans and our organization, were the victim of an external, malicious attack that shut down the system and kept our fans from being able to purchase their World Series tickets.
    "Men entrusted with power, even those aware of its dangers, tend, particularly when pressured, to slight liberty." - , The Church Committee, April 26 (legislative day, April 14), 1976
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  • #2
    Re: World Series ticket problem blamed on attack

    Yesterday: Our provider couldn't hold up, they suck!
    http://www.thedenverchannel.com/spor...78/detail.html

    Today: Ev1l h4ckers dossing our web, not our fault!
    http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...78/detail.html
    Aut disce aut discede

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    • #3
      Re: World Series ticket problem blamed on attack

      10 million people trying to buy 60,000 tickets...I wonder what the problem could be?!
      "\x74\x68\x65\x70\x72\x65\x7a\x39\x38";

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      • #4
        Re: World Series ticket problem blamed on attack

        Originally posted by AlxRogan View Post
        Yesterday: Our provider couldn't hold up, they suck!
        http://www.thedenverchannel.com/spor...78/detail.html

        Today: Ev1l h4ckers dossing our web, not our fault!
        http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...78/detail.html
        "I ran out of gas. I, I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts. IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!"
        - Jake Blues
        Thorn
        "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." - Catherine Aird

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        • #5
          Re: World Series ticket problem blamed on attack

          This whole online ticketing thing is getting out of hand. We nearly had riots when people couldn't get Hanna Montana tickets because they got snatched up by resellers online.

          Blaming this on a "malicious attack" is kind of rediculous considering the obvious high demand for tickets nationwide. Its good to see that the local fishwrapper is skeptical of the explanation.
          jur1st, esq.

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          • #6
            Re: World Series ticket problem blamed on attack

            I sure hope the guys at ShmooCon are prepared for the onslaught when they put this year's tickets up for sale !
            DaKahuna
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            • #7
              Re: World Series ticket problem blamed on attack

              Originally posted by jur1st View Post
              Its good to see that the local fishwrapper is skeptical of the explanation.
              I'm not sure if this is the local rag you were referring to, but this story sums it up nicely.

              "Experts dont buy the malicious attack excuse" - Rocky Mountain News
              Thorn
              "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." - Catherine Aird

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              • #8
                Re: World Series ticket problem blamed on attack

                i can recall one time when a blog site was encouraging users to visit a web poll (it may possibly have been Wolf Blitzer's daily shenanigan poll but was likely some other web site, since i don't think CNN is this stupid) and tip the results to one side.

                when the blogger emailed the site with a derisive comment explaining his readers' intentions, they decried his actions as "threatening a D-DoS attack" and may have even tried to file charges against him.

                i could be remembering this wrong. maybe it was the readers of a blog or site who were going to post loads of comments under a reported story. in either case, "directing people to a web site where they can use features of the site" does not count as a bloody attack, even if your server farm is a trio of pentium-100s.
                "I'll admit I had an OiNK account and frequented it quite often… What made OiNK a great place was that it was like the world's greatest record store… iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up. I feel like I'm being hustled when I visit there, and I don't think their product is that great. DRM, low bit rate, etc... OiNK it existed because it filled a void of what people want."
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                • #9
                  Re: World Series ticket problem blamed on attack

                  It's funny that they call a DOS attack a "malicious hacker attack" when in fact it probably really was a DOS attack that brought the network down--except it was 10 million legitimate people trying to buy 60,000 tickets.
                  "\x74\x68\x65\x70\x72\x65\x7a\x39\x38";

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                  • #10
                    Re: World Series ticket problem blamed on attack

                    Originally posted by theprez98 View Post
                    It's funny that they call a DOS attack a "malicious hacker attack" when in fact it probably really was a DOS attack that brought the network down--except it was 10 million legitimate people trying to buy 60,000 tickets.
                    hrm... then would that be legitimately characterized as an "attack" at all? i would call it more of a "traffic flood"

                    a bit of set logic may apply with that ballet of semantics... "many (maybe even most) DoS attacks are traffic floods, but not all traffic floods are DoS attacks."
                    "I'll admit I had an OiNK account and frequented it quite often… What made OiNK a great place was that it was like the world's greatest record store… iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up. I feel like I'm being hustled when I visit there, and I don't think their product is that great. DRM, low bit rate, etc... OiNK it existed because it filled a void of what people want."
                    - Trent Reznor

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                    • #11
                      Re: World Series ticket problem blamed on attack

                      Originally posted by Deviant Ollam View Post
                      hrm... then would that be legitimately characterized as an "attack" at all? i would call it more of a "traffic flood"

                      a bit of set logic may apply with that ballet of semantics... "many (maybe even most) DoS attacks are traffic floods, but not all traffic floods are DoS attacks."
                      Agreed. Or maybe a "DoS flood" as opposed to a "DoS attack." ;)
                      "\x74\x68\x65\x70\x72\x65\x7a\x39\x38";

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                      • #12
                        Re: World Series ticket problem blamed on attack

                        After the way it turned out, maybe it's better all those Rockies fans weren't able to buy the tickets.
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                        • #13
                          Re: World Series ticket problem blamed on attack

                          Originally posted by theprez98 View Post
                          It's funny that they call a DOS attack a "malicious hacker attack" when in fact it probably really was a DOS attack that brought the network down--except it was 10 million legitimate people trying to buy 60,000 tickets.
                          It was a Distributed Buyal of Service attack
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                          45 5F E1 04 22 CA 29 C4 93 3F 95 05 2B 79 2A B1
                          [ redacted ]

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