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submitted 4 months ago by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

Doesn't CrowdStrike have more important things to do right now than try to take down a parody site?

That's what IT consultant David Senk wondered when CrowdStrike sent a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice targeting his parody site ClownStrike.

Senk created ClownStrike in the aftermath of the largest IT outage the world has ever seen—which CrowdStrike blamed on a buggy security update that shut down systems and incited prolonged chaos in airports, hospitals, and businesses worldwide....

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[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 220 points 4 months ago

Sounds like they could use some more sites linking to them to improve SEO. https://clownstrike.lol/

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 57 points 4 months ago

This. This is why we invented the internet. Well this and porn.

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago

Full Streisand effect.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 4 months ago

It's blocked on my work computer, saying it's a malware website

[-] All_Your_Base@feddit.cl 70 points 4 months ago

"The category of https://clownstrike.lol/ is Phishing

This site has been reviewed recently. We are not accepting category change requests at this time."

Fortinet filter lmao

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

ill manually whitelist them on my fleet rofl

[-] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 4 months ago

Accessible through my corporate network. Fun thing, that.

[-] systemglitch@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

That was a good read with him documenting and sharing everything.

[-] grubbyweasel@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

this is so tame lmao

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