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Re: [tor-relays] Exit relays abused to attack Google services



On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 1:19:36 AM CET UDN Tor via tor-relays wrote:
> Google is now sending abuse reports complaining of DDoS attacks against
> their services. While they believe the IPs are participating in a
> botnet, it is clear that they are Tor exit relays.
> 
> I don't know why they are sending us the report after the attacks have
> ended. Besides, since Google services are unusable over Tor, this
> should not have caused them much damage.
> 
> I suspect the attacker is trying to get relays shut down by triggering
> Google reports that would scare off the ISPs.
> 
> If you are an ISP and you have received the same report, please let me
> know. I'd like to know if this was global or if we've been "selected".
> 
Yo, I have some from google.com too.
Sometimes the IP's of artikel10, relayon and me are together in the abuse log.
All normal automated abuse stuff. On relpy's no one answered.

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