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Parody site ClownStrike refused to bow to CrowdStrike’s bogus DMCA takedown (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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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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[–] [email protected] 220 points 3 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 57 points 3 months ago

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

[–] LazaroFilm 29 points 3 months ago

Full Streisand effect.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 70 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

ill manually whitelist them on my fleet rofl

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Accessible through my corporate network. Fun thing, that.

[–] systemglitch 11 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

this is so tame lmao