DDOS attack by CraftLandia.

[Kainzo]

First and foremost - Herocraft isn't going anywhere. We plan to stay here for a very long time.
I didn't want to announce this because I thought it was a "oh this guy is pissed" thing. Apparently CraftLandia is known in Brazil for ddosing servers until they stop hosting a server because they want to be the #1 server in the world.


Update (08/19/12):
We're still under attack by CraftLandia - we have nullified all of their attacks so far. We appreciate everyone who has raised awareness and let the entire community know what kind of server these people run.

Update (08/15/12): (Please note, this is not a ploy to try and sell anything, we simply want to let others know there is protection against these attacks - this information may be outdated in the future)
The guys at javapipe.com said that in an effort to get servers back online that were taken down by this guy, they are offering discounts for those affected.

Javapipe.com - is their website, go to Security | Protection from DDoS - for their prices.
For those wanting more info, you can chat with them live here. If you mention Herocraft DDoS, they should give you a discount.
While anti-ddos protection is in no way "cheap", this host has been able to thwart off 100% of the attacks (up to 10Gbps of attacks) on our 100Mbps port.

Update (08/15/12):
The protected line states that they are hitting us with the below.
"You are currently getting attacks in the amount of 954.8Mbps , SYN / ACK attacks and also UDP. "

Update (08/13/12)
Findings in the Community that CraftLandia cannot take down and sweep under the rug.
Spunkiie ddosed Ziden's server too (Among several other brazilian hosts)

source:
http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/re...in-craftbukkit-here-to-stop-this.76818/page-3

Spunkiie is claiming he is the owner of Craftlandia: (months ago?)

link to the pic in the pic: http://i.imgur.com/aX8D1.png

Source:
http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/se...-9-1-1-anti-x-ray-xray-1-2-5-r4.26043/page-35

Update (08/12/12):
After the mass email flood Curse has decided that we have a personal fued with CraftLandia, they have locked our posts probably because they are afraid to be DDOS'd on both Bukkit and MCForums.

For those who don't know, DDOS = massive stop service.
http://Herocraftonline.com has been target'd because we wouldnt push out Herochat 1.3 fast enough for this server. The user Spunkiie, aka the owner of http://CraftLandia.com.br has said he will not stop DDOS'ing Herocraft until we are less than a 10 person server.

I have brought this to the attention of the developers and the community of Bukkit and they have all been very caring about what has been going on. The response from the Bukkit community has erected a large retaliation against their servers - after they tucked their tail - they stopped the DDOS last night.

Today, Evilseph (Mojang/Bukkit Lead), has removed all names / information that CraftLandia is behind this because "they dont want to be involved" so CraftLandia / Spunkiiez have resumed ddosing our services.
I am working as quickly as I can on a solution. This means we will be increasing costs by 5 to 10 times the normal rate.

I don't like leaving you in the dark here. I want to let you know whats going on. Thank you for your patience in these times. I am quite unhappy by the outcome of this and will fight tooth and nail with every dollar Herocraft has to keep us up and thwart these injustices.


Below are quotes that the Bukkit team removed and had deleted because it was "offensive" to the server in question. They are a compilation of the harassment we have received in PM's, other emails and things that this server and person have done. They told us to take down this information or the DDOS's still not stop.

http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/treat-plugin-devs-better.91128

Well, I thought it was something just childish, because we wouldn't 'jump' to one person's whiney attitude fast enough. This person [spunkiie, admin of CraftLandia] is now targetting our users and our main server (Herocraft).

The user in question admits to ddosing our services and laughs about it.

• http://pastie.org/private/cpfu89abmjraug03uyjzya

Is the combined log of all that was said/done - the previous thread we created was set to private and locked.
More info of the user - IRC chat logs..

• http://pastebin.com/2azysbST
• http://pastie.org/4446456

Emails of him being "superior" over other wanna-be server owners/devs

• http://pastie.org/private/rbivfj5zgs93kjgd452x3a

Pm of one of the "admins" inviting me to their team 6+ months ago

• http://pastie.org/private/pz5yfnt1br4vbsfzl2joa

Random users offering help in any way to stop this tyrant.

• http://pastie.org/private/3lenesags77hly1i63w

We are a non-profit organization and a non-profit development team. We don't have a lot of cash to fling around for anti-ddos protection and we can't develop anything if our build servers / test servers are offline.

We believe hes running a slow-bot ttack, it's not a massive DDOS but its enough to steadily knock out our services every 5-10mins to create chaos in the userbase. He has increased the DDOS to our website, our TS3, our repo/build server and our test servers.

Spoiler

TAKE A STAND UPDATE:
The team at Herocraft has composed some email templates you can send. See below:
GoDaddy.com (Hosting pirated files): Email @ [email protected] ->http://pastie.org/private/pcvkl0ffjtd1qnazzur5g
Mojang.com (Illegally distributing Mojang code): Email [email protected] and[email protected] -> http://pastie.org/private/ssi4dgyot7slaf9on8tfug
gvt.com.br (his ISP): Email - [email protected] ->http://pastie.org/private/e4exoi2rec7mrzqmlyhw
Do not let this injustice stand, Take a stand and spread the word so we can legally have this tyrant taken down.

Reposted here:
http://www.planetminecraft.com/forums/post1239463.html#p1239463
http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/xzf4m/herocraft_plugin_devs_being_ddosd_by_brazilian/
http://www.reddit.com/r/admincraft/comments/y01h1/herocraft_plugin_dev_being_ddosd_by_craftlandia/
http://forums.spout.org/threads/herocraft-dev-being-ddosd-by-spunkiiez-craftlandia-server.4562
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic...opment-ddosd-by-brazilian-craftlandia-server/
http://herocraftonline.com/main/threads/ddos-attack-by-craftlandia.22769/

 

[Wowpatrick]

Immaturity at it's peak.

 

[dils1]

lets get these bastards back? whos keen?

server attack on craftlandia go go go ;P

 

[Graink]

Kainzo, no poop please <3

 

[XxTxAxZxX]

So absolutly no way to play herocraft untill this is fixed?? and what is ddos'ing??

 

[BPOtacon]

what is ddos'ing??

How long have you been on the internet

 

[XxTxAxZxX]

instead of being a smart ass can u just answer my question?

 

[BPOtacon]

instead of being a smart ass can u just answer my question?

one i am a smart ass and two yep here you go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

 

[Leo2596]

one i am a smart ass and two yep here you go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

Well played.

 

[XxTxAxZxX]

wtf?? how is this legal haha. Its my tradition after a 12 hour work day to chill out on the craft. Now what... haha

 

[Gurgamesh]

I fucking hate how people can just get away with this shit.

 

[Gurgamesh]

And BTW, even if the server did only have 10 people, I'd stay HeroCraft for life.

 

[Leo2596]

And BTW, even if the server did only have 10 people, I'd stay HeroCraft for life.

Lol if the server could only have 10 people I would be hitting that refresh button till I would be able to get in and then I wouldn't log out for days.

 

[XxTxAxZxX]

I was right in the middle of building my town up too... =(

 

[meh1002]

fuck their bullshit, tell them to stop being a pussy and accept how boss this server is.
WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER!!!!!!!

 

[MrAwesomeShadow]

Must...head to Brazil...

 

[JenksLaw]

HeroCraft isn't going anywhere. After its back online we'll forget all about the dude who names himself after male ejaculate.

 

[Davros_]

See my post, lots of info: http://herocraftonline.com/main/threads/were-getting-ddosd-by-craftlandia.22736/page-4#post-204025

 

[Archmage_Lloyd]

N-o w-o-r-r-i-e-s,
He will probs get an immense fine and 10+ years jail time,
ALSO

2:20 Is Craftlandia spawn. THAT is called competition? they should probably be in like 3000's server ranks. not first. Its a fucking terrible server >.> Lava pillars >.> Modern roads TERRIBLE housing <,< and finally floating structures and no order, just chaos.
these guys wanna be first? They are first on my hit list. Time to go to brazil.

 

[Dazureus]

I'm astounded and disappointed that people actually pull this garbage.

Today, Evilseph (Mojang/Bukkit Lead), has removed all names / information that CraftLandia is behind this because "they dont want to be involved"

What does this mean? I may be having a minor neural disconnect, but it just doesn't make sense. Whatever the case, thanks for being so dedicated to us, Kain. I appreciate it. I'll try to scrounge up the means to donate some more in the near future.

N-o w-o-r-r-i-e-s,
He will probs get an immense fine and 10+ years jail time,
ALSO
-vidsnip-

Not to minimize the validity of your disdain, but that's from beta 1.5. Just saying.