Heh! So if things seem to be a bit slow today when you try to reach GraniteGrok, now you know why. And yes, the ‘Grok DOES have an international readership so it is possible.
Or, it’s just possible that this was just a random DDoS attack-in-the-making site attack because of where we are (in the US).
Groksters Steve and Mike, plus me, woke up to emails like this upon turning on our laptops (it started last night) – abridged for security reasons:
—— Original Message ——
From: <redacted>@granitegrok.com>
To: skip@granitegrok.com
Sent: 9/8/2022 1:30:21 AM
Subject: [redacted] granitegrok.com Increased Attack Rate
This email was sent from your website “Granite Grok” by <redacted> at Thursday 8th of September 2022 at 01:30:21 AM
<redacted>
The <redacted>Firewall has blocked 211 attacks over the last 10 minutes. Below is a sample of these recent attacks:September 8, 2022 5:30am [redacted] (Russian Federation) Blocked because the IP is blocklisted
September 8, 2022 5:30am [redacted] (Russian Federation) Blocked because the IP is blocklisted
September 8, 2022 5:30am [redacted] (Russian Federation) Blocked because the IP is blocklisted
September 8, 2022 5:30am [redacted] (Russian Federation) Blocked because the IP is blocklisted
September 8, 2022 5:30am [redacted] (Russian Federation) Blocked because the IP is blocklisted
September 8, 2022 5:30am [redacted] (Russian Federation) Blocked because the IP is blocklisted
September 8, 2022 5:30am [redacted] (Russian Federation) Blocked because the IP is blocklisted
September 8, 2022 5:29am [redacted] (Russian Federation) Blocked because the IP is blocklisted
September 8, 2022 5:29am [redacted] (Russian Federation) Blocked because the IP is blocklisted
September 8, 2022 5:29am [redacted] (Russian Federation) Blocked because the IP is blocklisted
And I have redacted the IP address. Let me add that it wasn’t just this one email but a whole bunch of emails warning us of the same thing. So yes, there are people who don’t like us, but we generally categorize them as being NH Democrats and Republicans (especially the latter) that don’t measure up to our standards but most of them, I’m sure, don’t have the skills to pull this off.
It’s par for the course, but we’ve not really done much, if anything, writing about the Ukrainian-Russian war provoked by that old white guy (smirk) Putin. Perhaps, in recognition that they are placing this “title” on us, we should.
After the primary and after the general election (and for me, “after Gunstock”), perhaps….we have much more local stuff that’s much more important.
Thanks for understanding!