Summary: Techrights must have upset the "right people"; this past weekend there was a 2-day-long attack on the site and the attacker seems to have given up

AT risk of 'teasing' the attacker (by merely mentioning this), this past weekend we suffered DDOS attacks. They lasted 2 days and caused issues, albeit temporarily. It boiled down mostly to time-wasting at our end; the site was available the large majority of the time. Today we're back to normal and more resilient than before. We won't be pressured or 'shamed' into outsourcing (CDNs create their own sets of problems). We'll fight back. We have some important stories on the way. It seems clear that some companies are very eager to undermine Techrights and we'll give some details soon.

"Techrights turns 17 in about 4 months and it's more robust than ever before."Exposing "power" was never easy in the sense that it accompanied nuisance like threats; sure, there's also vandalism, trolling etc. though the threats are probably the worst. "Chilling effect" is the goal. Technologists aren't necessary good at "politics', so some of them walk away and don't fight back.

Techrights turns 17 in about 4 months and it's more robust than ever before. Since resigning from my job this past December I've had a lot more time to devote to Techrights (Daily Links got a lot longer). This also means that curtailing attacks is easier. ⬆