On: Heroku encourages use of www. prefix for domains after DDoS

[Joakal]

What's the point in a random DDoS against Heroku?

[nikcub → Joakal]

more than likely a DDoS against a site they are hosting. The attackers probably don't know and don't care who Heroku are

[jacques_chester → nikcub]

It might be the prelude to an extortion attempt.

[delinka → Joakal]

I often get questions like this from non-tech folk. "Why would someone hack my computer? Why would they attack my little web site?"

And often it's simply "because they can."

[JakeSc → delinka]

Increasingly, however, the answer has had more to do with economics, rather than bragging rights.