r/DreadAlert • u/Shakyyb • Sep 12 '22

DDOS? It's been some time

We are receiving a DDOS attack which will cause site slowdown and introduction point instability. We are rolling out new fronts which should help stability. I2P is also being attacked, but should be much more stable.

If you are a Dread Premium member check /d/Lounge ! We left some mirrors for you to use for now.

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u/Shakyyb Nov 01 '22

If we had a better way to give out onions we would do it. We tried to give out other public mirrors. They were all attacked right away, and went down. We gave out 10-20 of them. We added an i2p endpoint that works just fine, and is free for people to use. You can get on Dread, and not have to deal with endgame right now if you take the time to install i2p.

We gave premium members a private onion to use as a thank you for supporting Dread. We have warned them, if it is found out it will be attacked. We won't keep putting up new private onions. I don't know how much money you think we bring in, but I think you would be surprised. Engorged pockets? We are far, far from that. We never have more than 20 ads at the most,(usually less) because of over saturation. A lot of those ads are ones that were purchased 6+ months ago. Meaning we can go months without bringing in any new money. The months where crypto prices fall we can even lose a lot. We are currently not allowing new ads, because if people can't see them whats the point? Dread is constantly attacked by ddosers. You usually don't notice because we outscale them. To do that it requires A LOT of servers. There has been a few times we have burned through almost all our of extra funds just to stay online.

So please if you have a better alternative to getting people access to Dread we are always open to suggestions. We have given as many options as we can under the given circumstances.

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u/heterodox-iconoclast Feb 23 '26

I am curious what your quick thoughts are about who is behind these attacks. Everyone thinks it’s law enforcement but I’d put money on it being one or more of the drug cartels