{"id":2492,"date":"2021-04-13T20:40:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T20:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buysatellite.net\/blog\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2021-04-13T20:40:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T20:40:34","slug":"could-someone-blow-up-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buysatellite.net\/blog\/could-someone-blow-up-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Someone Blow Up the Internet?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Could <\/strong>Someone Blow Up the Internet?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>You may have heard of Seth Aaron Pendley. The FBI arrested him last week for plotting to blow up an Amazon data center in Virginia in hope of crippling the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6070a0044943790018bb1b2c?width=700\" alt=\"Man in Texas Tried to Buy Explosives to Blow up Data Centers\" width=\"1448\" height=\"725\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Justice announced his arrest in a press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndtx\/pr\/texas-man-charged-intent-attack-data-centers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">release<\/a>: &#8220;Mr. Pendley allegedly told the undercover he planned to attack web servers&#8230; he believed provided services to the FBI, the CIA, and other federal agencies. He said he hoped to bring down the &#8216;oligarchy&#8217; currently in power in the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DOJ said the undercover agents discovered the plot because one of Pendley&#8217;s friends warned them. He had allegedly frequented MyMilitia.com. This, according to the DOJ, is a website on which &#8216;extremists&#8217;  socialize and plot subversion, and through which Pendley had boasted of his plans. Under the screen name &#8216;Dionysus&#8217;, someone had said he planned to &#8220;conduct a little experiment.&#8221; He said he would &#8220;draw a lot of heat&#8221; and &#8220;would be dangerous&#8221;. According to the DOJ, &#8220;When another user asked what outcome Dionysus desired, he responded &#8216;death&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a separate post, Dionysus wrote, &#8220;I&#8217;m not a dumbass suicide bomber.&#8221; Well, that&#8217;s reassuring!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Call 1-855-216-0185<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The DoJ said its agents quickly figured out who &#8216;Dionysus&#8217; was. After learning he was Pendley, the FBI reviewed his other social media feeds. An FBI informant then began discussing Pendley&#8217;s plans with him <em>via<\/em> Signal. He allegedly told the source everything. The DoJ said he planned to blow up a prominent data center with C-4, allegedly hoping &#8220;this would kill off about 70% of the internet.&#8221; C-4 is a plastic explosive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If convicted, Pendley could serve up to twenty years in a federal prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Could he have pulled it off? Could someone actually blow up the internet?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-background-color has-background\">Was Pendley realistic in thinking he could have &#8220;killed off about 70% of the internet&#8221;? Experts say no; his self-appointed task was impossible. IT professionals typically arrange extremely tight multi-level security for data centers. And on the off chance someone could blow up a data center, internet functions are so widely dispersed, auxiliary servers could easily fill in for the damaged ones. Most people would not even notice any slowing of web service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Call 1-855-216-0185<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Whatever you use the internet for, you need a reliable connection. For this reason, shop with Satellite Country. We can help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>When would now be the best time to call Satellite Country?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Call 1-855-216-0185<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could Someone Blow Up the Internet? You may have heard of Seth Aaron Pendley. The FBI arrested him last week for plotting to blow up an Amazon data center in Virginia in hope of crippling the internet. The Department of Justice announced his arrest in a press release: &#8220;Mr. Pendley allegedly told the undercover he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buysatellite.net\/blog\/could-someone-blow-up-the-internet\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Could Someone Blow Up the Internet?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[684,564,682,679,3,10,680,681,13,685],"class_list":["post-2492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-c-4","tag-cia","tag-dionysus","tag-fbi","tag-hughesnet","tag-internet","tag-justice-department","tag-mymilitia-com","tag-satellite-country","tag-signal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Could Someone Blow Up the Internet? - Hughesnet Satellite Internet News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Could Someone Blow Up the Internet? 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