GEAS Hit by Wave of Griefing Attacks
In the wake of the announcement of the Human Extinction Report, the Global Extinction Awareness System--GEAS--was hit by a wave of griefing and hacking attacks intended to disrupt activity and bring down networks.
"We fully anticipated network attacks on us after the report came out, especially given that one of the superthreats focuses on the rise of griefing," noted GEAS spokesperson Jeremy Taylor. "But we were surprised at the volume and sheer fury of the attacks. It's like we hit a hornet's nest."
Most of the attacks targeted the Superstruct site, a resource and gathering place for collaborative development of responses to the superthreats. But some of the attacks were clearly aimed at the WorldRun simulation platform, in an effort to revise or corrupt the simulation settings.
More details on the griefing of Superstruct can be found at http://superstructgame.org/StoryView/163.