I-Corporate Denial-of-Service (CDoS): Amandla okukhansela ibhizinisi

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• Igama lomlobi

  I-Quantumrun Foresight
• February 22, 2023

Izinkampani zenkundla yezokuxhumana zaziwa ngokuvimba unomphela abantu abathile noma amaqembu aphula imigomo yawo yesevisi ngokugqugquzela udlame noma ukusabalalisa inkulumo enenzondo. Ezinye izinsiza zekhompyutha ezifana ne-Azure ne-Amazon Web Services (AWS) zingavala ngisho namawebhusayithi wonke. Nakuba izinkampani zinezizathu zazo zokunqabela amanye amakhasimende ukufinyelela kumasevisi azo, abanye ochwepheshe baxwayisa ngokuthi inkululeko yalezi zinkampani yokusebenzisa i-Corporate Denial-of-Service (CDoS) kufanele ilawulwe.

Umongo wokwenqaba kwesevisi yenkampani

Ukwenqatshelwa kwenkonzo, okuvame ukwaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi i-corporate de-platforming, yilapho inkampani ivimba, ivimbela, noma ivele yenqabe ukunikeza ukufinyelela emikhiqizweni namasevisi ayo kubantu abathile noma amaqembu. Ukwenqatshwa kwenkonzo yebhizinisi ngokuvamile kwenzeka ezinkundleni zokuxhumana kanye nezinsizakalo zokubamba iwebhusayithi. Kusukela ngo-2018, kube namacala amaningi aphakeme okukhishwa kwepulatifomu, njengoba ukuvalwa kukhuphuka ngemuva kokuhlasela kwe-US Capitol ngoJanuwari 2021, okwagcina kubone uMongameli waseMelika uDonald Trump evinjelwa unomphela kuzo zonke izinkundla zokuxhumana, okubandakanya iTikTok, Twitter, Facebook, kanye I-Instagram.

Isibonelo sangaphambilini se-CDoS i-Gab, inkundla yezokuxhumana ethandwa kakhulu ngabashisekeli be-alt-right nabamhlophe. Isiza savalwa ngo-2018 yinkampani eyibamba, iGoDaddy, ngemuva kokuvezwa ukuthi umdubuli wasesinagogeni wasePittsburgh wayene-akhawunti endaweni yesikhulumi. Ngokufanayo, uParler, enye inkundla yezokuxhumana edume ngabakwa-alt-right, yavalwa ngo-2021. Inkampani kaParler eyandulele ukusingathwa, i-Amazon Web Services (AWS), yasusa le webhusayithi ngemuva kwalokho i-AWS eyayithi ukwanda okuqhubekayo kokuqukethwe okunobudlova okushicilelwe kuyo. Iwebhusayithi kaParler, ephule imigomo yokusebenzisa ye-AWS. (Zombili izinkundla zigcine zibuyile ku-inthanethi ngemuva kokuthola abanye abahlinzeki bokusingatha.)

Iwebhusayithi yenkundla edumile, iReddit, ivale i-r/The_Donald, i-subreddit ethandwa abalandeli bakaMongameli wangaphambili wase-US uDonald Trump, ngezizathu ezifanayo. Ekugcineni, i-AR15.com, iwebhusayithi edume ngabathanda izibhamu kanye nabaqaphi, yavalwa ngo-2021 yiGoDaddy, ithi inkampani yephule imigomo yayo yokusebenza. 

Umthelela ophazamisayo

Imithelela yalezi zimo ze-CDoS ibalulekile. Okokuqala, bakhombisa inkambiso ekhulayo yezinkundla eziku-inthanethi namawebhusayithi avalwa noma anqatshelwe ukufinyelela. Lo mkhuba cishe uzoqhubeka njengoba izinkampani eziningi ziba ngaphansi kwengcindezi yomphakathi kanye nohulumeni ukuthi zithathele izinyathelo okuqukethwe okubonakala kunenzondo noma okukhuthaza udlame. Okwesibili, lezi zehlakalo zinemithelela emikhulu enkululekweni yokukhuluma. Izinkundla ezinqanyuliwe zivumele abasebenzisi ukuthi babelane ngemibono yabo ngaphandle kokwesaba ukucwaninga. Kodwa-ke, njengoba ababungazi be-inthanethi sebebanqabele ukufinyelela, abasebenzisi babo kuzodingeka bathole ezinye izinkundla nezindlela zokwabelana ngemibono yabo.

Okwesithathu, le micimbi ikhombisa amandla ezinkampani zobuchwepheshe okuvala inkulumo. Nakuba abanye bengase bakubone lokhu njengokuthuthuka okuhle, kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi ukucwaninga kungase kube umthambeka oshelelayo. Uma izinkampani seziqala ukuvimba uhlobo olulodwa lwenkulumo, zingase ziqale ngokushesha ukuvala ezinye izinhlobo zezinkulumo ezizibona zicunula noma ziyingozi. Futhi lokho okuthathwa njengokucasulayo noma okulimazayo kungashintsha ngokushesha kuye ngokushintshashintsha kwezenhlalo nohulumeni bakusasa abaphethe.

Izinkampani zisebenzisa amasu amaningana ukwenza i-CDoS. Esokuqala sivimbela ukufinyelela ezitolo zezinhlelo zokusebenza, okwenza kungenzeki kubasebenzisi abangase bakwazi ukulanda izinhlelo zokusebenza ezithile. Okulandelayo ukwenza imali, okungahlanganisa ukuvimbela izikhangiso ukuthi ziboniswe kusayithi noma kuthathwe izinketho zokuqongelela imali. Okokugcina, izinkampani zinganqamula ukufinyelela kwenkundla kuyo yonke ingqalasizinda yedijithali noma i-ecosystem, okuhlanganisa ukuhlaziya amafu nemishini yokugcina. Ukwengeza, lokho okugcizelelwa yi-de-platforming ukubaluleka kwengqalasizinda esabalalisiwe. I-Gab, i-Parler, i-r/The_Donald, ne-AR15.com zonke zithembele kungqalasizinda emaphakathi ehlinzekwa izinkampani ezisingatha. 

Imithelela ebanzi Yokwenqaba Isevisi Yenkampani 

Imithelela engaba khona ye-CDoS ingafaka: 

• Izinkampani zenkundla yezokuxhumana zitshala imali eningi kakhulu eminyangweni yokulinganisa okuqukethwe ukuze zidlule kumaphrofayili nokuthunyelwe okungabazekayo. Enkulu yalezi zinkampani ingase igcine isebenzise ukulinganisa okuthuthukisiwe okunamandla okwenziwa kobuhlakani ekugcineni okuqondwayo, imikhuba yamasiko esifunda, kanye nendlela yokuhlunga izinhlobo ezahlukene zenkulumo-ze; ukusungulwa okunjalo kungase kubangele inzuzo enkulu yokuncintisana ngokumelene nezimbangi.
• Amaqembu avinjelwe kanye nabantu ngabanye bayaqhubeka nokuvula amacala ezinkampanini ezenqabayo izinsiza, becaphuna ukucwaninga.
• Ukukhuphuka okuqhubekayo kwezinye izinkundla ze-inthanethi ezihlukile nezinwetshiwe ezingase zikhuthaze ukusatshalaliswa kolwazi olungelona iqiniso kanye nokweqisa.
• Ukwandisa izikhalazo ngokumelene nezinkampani zobuchwepheshe ezigodla amasevisi azo kwezinye izinkampani ngaphandle kwencazelo. Lokhu kuthuthukiswa kungaholela ekutheni izinqubomgomo ze-CDoS zalezi zinkampani zobuchwepheshe zilawulwe.
• Abanye ohulumeni abakha izinqubomgomo ezilinganisa inkululeko yokukhuluma ne-CDoS, kanti abanye bangasebenzisa i-CdoS njengendlela entsha yokuhlola.

Imibuzo okufanele icatshangelwe

• Ingabe ucabanga ukuthi i-CDoS isemthethweni noma ilungile?
• Ohulumeni bangaqinisekisa kanjani ukuthi izinkampani aziwasebenzisi kabi amandla azo ekusebenziseni i-CDoS?