r/SipsTea • u/Previous_Month_555 • 5h ago

Feels good man Russian disinformation bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple Russian data centers.

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u/AmountNew2152 3h ago

So, we know that something blew up that was using a lot of data. But we really don't have any idea what sort.

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u/calladc 3h ago

it's cloudflare. that's every bot that's using cloudflares service. the biggest web service provider on the planet.

they're the leaders in web application firewall services on the planet and are extremely active in global cyber security.

they're one of the most trusted resources on these subjects. the fact it was automated and updated within seconds of the attack was telling that both the AS node went down and all monitored bots stopped at the same time is not consequential

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u/AmountNew2152 3h ago

Agreed! But we don’t know what they were doing. AFAIK those misinfo bot farms aren’t anywhere close to there. Heck, many aren’t in Russia.

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u/calladc 3h ago

have you ever known though? does that detail change that bot traffic has stopped and suddenly there's a lot less awful shit going around the Internet?

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u/AmountNew2152 3h ago

I haven’t noticed any interruptions. I wish I could claim otherwise. But I do agree and understand the evidence. It’s getting Ukraine positive play in the west regardless, so it’s a good use of media.