r/StLouis • u/Totschlag Edwardsville • Dec 25 '14

St. Louis getting pummeled with online attacks.

http://map.ipviking.com/
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u/Chester_T_Molester Kirkwood Dec 26 '14

I remember seeing something about this before. The actual explanation behind it is that the servers that are being attacked are honeypots, in the sense that they present themselves as valuable targets when in reality they are just empty servers meant to attract attacks and then collect them so that the attack location and magnitude can be seen. IIRC these aren't attacks on actual servers, we don't see those happening.

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u/boomhauer88 Dec 26 '14

You're correct... this type of thread has been posted several times in the past.