It could be PAG or it could be China or it could be all of them.
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When I click on the Whois next to their IP, they show some Chinese industrial park in Singapore owned by Huawei. See below.GuestIP: 114.119.165.122 » Whois
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What does that mean? I thought Singapore was first world, not like China. Why would spammers and hackers be coming from there? And what is their purpose or motive? Are they trying to overload the server? If so, why not send thousands of bots? Why only 400? Is it a low level cheap attack? Or are they scraping information? If so, what kind of information? Any idea? Should I email the above email addresses and report this to them?Whois
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Could be a cheap attack. It's not like they're not doing it:Winston wrote: ↑May 7th, 2020, 6:24 amWhen I click on the Whois next to their IP, they show some Chinese industrial park in Singapore owned by Huawei.
What does that mean? I thought Singapore was first world, not like China. Why would spammers and hackers be coming from there? And what is their purpose or motive? Are they trying to overload the server? If so, why not send thousands of bots? Why only 400? Is it a low level cheap attack? Or are they scraping information? If so, what kind of information? Any idea? Should I email the above email addresses and report this to them?
Why would any of our competitors use bots to gather data here? Strange. And why from Holland? Holland is first world, not known for scams or hacking.Dear Winston,
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