Server farms are probably located in China. Doesn't mean Chinese people are behind the attacks, probably just that they're renting their farms out.
As for the vague GamerGate reference, I don't really get it. Internet trolls simply seek to provoke without any other real motivating drive. Assigning them values to which they don't actually adhere is, funnily enough, a form of anthropomorphization, in that we're trying to translate their behavior into values and motives we understand ourselves.
If the people behind the attack are simply PO'd at furries in general for some misguided reason, that's one thing, but if it's simply a matter of script kiddies getting their kicks by LOLing at all the furries, there's no motivation to be had other than general destruction. "Some people just want to see the world burn." Hopefully, FA & SF will get law enforcement involved somehow, but it's unlikely an investigation will turn anything up. Techie furs ought to troll around in hacker communities to see if anyone is bragging about the takedown - that would be a good lead on who's responsible.
Server farms are probably located in China. Doesn't mean Chinese people are behind the attacks, probably just that they're renting their farms out.
As for the vague GamerGate reference, I don't really get it. Internet trolls simply seek to provoke without any other real motivating drive. Assigning them values to which they don't actually adhere is, funnily enough, a form of anthropomorphization, in that we're trying to translate their behavior into values and motives we understand ourselves.
If the people behind the attack are simply PO'd at furries in general for some misguided reason, that's one thing, but if it's simply a matter of script kiddies getting their kicks by LOLing at all the furries, there's no motivation to be had other than general destruction. "Some people just want to see the world burn." Hopefully, FA & SF will get law enforcement involved somehow, but it's unlikely an investigation will turn anything up. Techie furs ought to troll around in hacker communities to see if anyone is bragging about the takedown - that would be a good lead on who's responsible.