Cyber attack prevents No on Prop 8 from collecting donations

[nichomachus]

Just got an email from the anti-Prop Hate people

Beginning last night and continuing this morning a coordinated cyber attack on the No On 8 website prevented some donors from being able to contribute. This attack is being investigated by federal authorities. Fortunately, there was no breach in security and we are again able to accept contributions online.

There is nothing that these bigots won't resort to in order to shove their religion down our throats.

That -- and comparing gay people to Hitler, along with about 100 other lies they've propagated.

[Ian David]

1. Do you have a link? n/t

[Ian David]

2. No on 8 site back up after cyber attack

No on 8 site back up after cyber attack
Thursday, October 30, 2008

The No on 8 Web site is back up after being hit by a “distributed denial of service attack” that took down the site for several hours last night (Wednesday, October 29). The campaign said the assault originated not just in-state, but also in Texas, New Jersey, and Georgia.

The campaign over Proposition 8, which would eliminate same-sex marriage in California, has grown increasingly heated as Election Day nears.

The attack started late Wednesday afternoon when the Web team was alerted by higher-than-normal traffic, which escalated over the next several hours, slowing the system. By 10 p.m., a small team of engineers concluded that the site was under a full cyber attack, the campaign said.

The No on 8 campaign has reported the attack to the FBI and the Secret Service, which has jurisdiction over such attacks to prevent breaks in the national financial networks.

More:
http://ebar.com/blogs/?p=105



We Are Under Attack!

We have successfully thwarted a coordinated cyber attack on the No on Prop 8 website. Fortunately, there was no breach in security and we are again able to accept contributions online.

As if that attack isn't outrageous enough, at a recent Prop 8 rally an official campaign spokesman actually compared the right of same-sex couples to marry to the rise of Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany. Watch the video.

This insanity needs to stop. Prop 8 needs to be defeated. It's wrong. It's unfair. The people supporting it are fanatical, intolerant and willing to do and say anything to eliminate our rights. Period.

We cannot let them succeed. Help us reach our goal of $3 million by Friday.

More:
https://secure.ga4.org/01/underattack

DONATE!!!

https://secure.ga4.org/01/underattack

[Ian David]

4. Never, ever EVER open an email from The Church of Latter Day Saints. n/t

[nichomachus]

6. And if one of those missionary twerps sets foot on my property

He's going to get a blast from my garden hose.

[Maat]

5. Good ol' hardright family values?

Do they remember Jesus teaching that you treat others the way you would want to be treated?

That does it! Another donation to the No-On-8 campaign on the way!

[nichomachus]

3. Yup, yup, you betcha

https://secure.ga4.org/01/underattack

[Beam Me Up]

7. kicked and nommed for more attention n/t