UK councils bat away DDoS barrage from pro-Russia keyboard warriors Multiple UK councils had their websites either knocked offline or were inaccessible to residents this week after pro-Russia cyber nuisances added them to a daily target list. The targeting began on Tuesday and among the many authorities on the list, the websites of Bradford, Eastleigh, Keighley, Salford, Tameside, and Trafford …
They don't care about the impact. They just want to be able to proclaim a success.
Two reasons: one, for morale on the home front - theirs, not yours. And two, they need to show their usefulness to the cause by flourishing a list of such "victories". Otherwise their superiors might start to think they'd be more use at the front.
"attributed the website's total outage to "suspected online hackers.""
Scary but not as bad as offline hackers. Sitting in the dark with their multimeters, plotting who knows what.
I'm not a fan of Cloudflare but it would seem sensible for government sites offering critical services (I'm desperate to know where to dispose of this old mattress) to have some fairly cheap DDOS protection.
""Or you could just take it to your local dump ("household waste recycling centre")"
You are out of date with your terminology. It is now an "Amenity Centre".
But try getting a 5ft double mattress into a small car. It would be easier getting t[w]o W[h]ales in a Mini.
My local is still described as HWRC
And I have put double mattresses in small cars - they roll up quite well with the use of ratchet straps. Even better if you can vacuum pack them first (although I suspect anyone with those facilities would have a large enough vehicle anyway)
Yes, then it's just a matter of booking an appointment slot, checking you've not already been twice this month and don't have to wait for next month and hoping they days you are allowed to visit match with the days you can actually get there. Is it an "odd number" or "even number" day (car reg no.) Or any one of the many and varied "conditions" placed on tax payers being allowed to use the facilities run by their taxes.
Much to my surprise our local council offers free collection of large household items. When I asked why when they used to charge, the collection guy said it was to counter the fly tipping epidemic. They used to try and identify the source of dumped stuff, but it was time consuming and they rarely found anything with addresses on like discarded letters or parcel packaging.
Hopefully those dealing with the DDOS received support from a hotline that had no options related to the issue, and did not have an option to speak to someone.
On second thoughts, for IT staff that care, dealing with attacks is a fairly bad experience, hope that they do get appropriate support
Angus AFAIK didn't get hit, however despite having most of their services on a one login page - housing now has it's own system within a system with it's own login page and requirements, which doesn't permit symbols but does permit massively long passwords (40+ characters)
Though the latest muppetry is taking away very popular and well utilised kerbside glass collection in favour of a return to bottle banks, giving folk yet another bin for paper and warnings of "refusal to collect general waste that's 'contaminated with recyclable materials'" - as someone pointed out....the bin guys aren't going to start ripping open black plastic bags....
Yes the salaried officers keep dreaming up new and ever more stupid ideas to show 'legacy' - I've dealt with one and he is frankly odious and arrogant in the extreme....
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