Comment by KomoD
6 days ago
> it's more likely intended for something else and is infected with malware / some intern being cute
Nah, DO offers free credits so threat actors just keep abusing that, it's really easy to make (or buy) tons of fresh trial accounts.
Ah, that makes sense. I’ve been wondering why DigitalOcean has so much of the bot traffic.
Hmm, I'll try to do it and report back on how easy it was.
Thanks. I'd like to better understand the origin of DO's bot activity, and look forward to your report!
Actually it looks like it's because DO accepts Paypal, most hosts will require a credit card because of PP fraud but I guess they're going for markets where it's not common to have one. They do have free credits but PP billing requires a $5 charge which is already higher than a lot of other VPS plans.
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