[dns-operations] DNS attacks against FR/BE/NL resolvers of Internet access providers

[Richard Clayton]

In message <20200914131459.GA6266 at nic.fr>, Stephane Bortzmeyer
<bortzmeyer at nic.fr> writes

>On 1 and 2 September 2020, several French IAPs (Internet Access
>Providers), including SFR and Bouygues, were "down". Their DNS
>resolvers were offline, and it does indeed seem that this was the
>result of an attack carried out against these resolvers.

it was a DDoS for ransom attack (and they were not alone in being
attacked in this way) ... viz: it was a volumetric attack against the
servers (no particular DNS aspect to it ...)

this has not especially well documented in the press (most victims have
kept the news to themselves) but small parts of the campaign have been
mentioned from time to time...

<https://www.zdnet.com/article/european-isps-report-mysterious-wave-of-
ddos-attacks/>

-- 
richard                                                   Richard Clayton

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary 
Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Benjamin Franklin 11 Nov 1755
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